Ernest L. Jahncke

Male, Deceased Person

1877 – 1960

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Who was Ernest L. Jahncke?

Ernest Lee Jahncke was United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1929 to 1933. He was the first, and until the 2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal the only person ever to have been expelled from the International Olympic Committee, being expelled in July 1936 for his outspoken opposition to holding the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany.

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Born
1877
New Orleans
Also known as
  • Ernest Jahncke
Died
1960

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on July 23, 2013

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