The development of world sports depends on who will head the International Olympic Committee. After all, the head of the Olympic Committee is not just an official, but a person on whom a huge number of hopes are pinned, and he faces difficult tasks. Therefore, a random person cannot be in such a place.
The head of the International Olympic Committee is its president. This post is elective. The head of the committee is elected at a specially organized session by secret ballot. The term of office of the head of the IOC is designed for 8 years, but every four years they can be renewed for another 8 years. A public figure who is well known and famous for his speeches, charity and other deeds that are done for the benefit of his homeland and for the development of the whole world can become the president of the committee.
The first president was elected in 1894 with the establishment of the Olympic Committee. He was a Greek poet and public figure named Demetrius Vikelas. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the ideological inspirer of the first Olympic Games of our time, was appointed his deputy. However, two years after the First Games were held in triumph, Vikelas was replaced by the same Baron de Coubertin as President of the IOC. He remained in this post until 1925.
Due to the fact that the powers can be extended, only 8 presidents have visited the post of head of the International Sports Committee for 100 years.
De Coubertin was replaced by Henri de Bole-Latour, who held out in the leadership chair for 17 years. The next was Siegfried Edstrom - he was president from 1946 to 1952. He was replaced by Avery Brandage from the USA. He directed the IOC for 20 years until 1972. His successor, Michael Morris Killanin, is Irish and served one term as head of the Committee. After that, Juan Antonio Samaranch came to the head for 21 years. From 2001 to the present day, the President of the International Olympic Committee is the Belgian Jacques Rogge.
However, the president alone would hardly have been able to manage the committee. Therefore, there are also such assistant leaders as 4 vice presidents and 10 ordinary members of the committee, who are also elected by secret ballot. Their term of office is 4 years. In addition, the steering committee includes 25 persons who are here called "honorary" - these are those who were previously members of the committee. The IOC also includes distinguished members who were not members of the Olympic Committee, but provided invaluable services to the movement.
The committee includes 110 members from 70 countries of the world. The principle of operation is as follows: those who are members of the International Olympic Committee are not representatives of their countries in it, but, on the contrary, represent the regulatory body in their homeland.
