National Sports Committee of Indonesia

The National Sports Committee of Indonesia (Indonesian: Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia, abbreviated KONI) is the sports governing body of Indonesia. It was founded in 1946 to unite the various satellite sports associations that was created within the regions of Indonesia. KONI is responsible on sport development as well as organising sporting events within Indonesian national boundary on national level. It organizes the Pekan Olahraga Nasional (PON), multi-sport event held every four years where Indonesian athletes compete. It is the largest sporting event in Indonesia.

National Sports Committee of Indonesia
Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia
National Sports Committee of Indonesia Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia logo
Country/Region Indonesia
CodeINA
Created1946
Recognized1952
Continental
Association		OCA
HeadquartersJakarta, Indonesia
PresidentMarciano Norman
Secretary GeneralFrancis Wanandi
Websitekoni.or.id

In 2005, KOI (Komite Olimpiade Indonesia or Indonesian Olympic Committee) was formed as a separate entity from KONI. KOI is responsible as Indonesian National Olympic Committee, to organise Indonesian participation in international sporting events, such as Olympic Games, Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games, etc. The KONI-KOI separation was based according to Act No. 3 of 2005 on National Sport System, and further enforced with Government Regulation No. 17 of 2007 about the organizing of sporting events.[1]

List of general chairmen of the Indonesian national sports committee
NoNameStart job titleEnd job title
1 Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX 1967 1986
2 Surono Reksodimedjo 1986 1994
3 Wismoyo Arismunandar 1995 2003
4 Agum Gumelar 2003 2007
5 Rita Subowo 2007 2011
6 Tono Suratman 2011 2019
7 Marciano Norman 2019 incumbent

References
  1. "Sejarah KOI". Komite Olimpiade Indonesia. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
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