President of the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games

The president of the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games is the individual who is in charge of leading the Organising Committee for each Olympic Games. Starting after 1988, the Paralympic Games began occurring after the conclusion of the Olympic Games, organised by the same committee. During the opening and closing ceremonies, the president gives a speech before the IOC and IPC president.

Lists of presidents Summer Olympic Games

President Game Host city Host countryYear Prince Constantine of Greece I Athens 1896 Pierre de Coubertin II Paris 1900 David R. Francis III St. Louis 1904 William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough IV London1908 Sigfrid Edström V Stockholm 1912 Henri de Baillet-Latour VII Antwerp1920 Pierre de Coubertin VIII Paris 1924 Solko van den Bergh IX Amsterdam 1928 William May Garland X Los Angeles 1932 Joseph GoebbelsKarl Ritter von Halt XI Berlin 1936 Lord Burghley XIV London1948 Erik von Frenckell XV Helsinki1952 Wilfrid Kent Hughes XVI Melbourne1956 Giulio Andreotti XVII Rome1960 Juichi Tsushima XVIII Tokyo 1964 Pedro Ramírez Vázquez XIX Mexico City1968 Willi Daume XX Munich1972 Roger Rousseau XXI Montreal1976 Konstantin Chernenko XXII Moscow1980 Peter Ueberroth XXIII Los Angeles1984 Kim Yong-shikRoh Tae-wooPark Seh-jik XXIV Seoul1988 Pasqual Maragall XXV Barcelona1992 Billy Payne XXVI Atlanta1996 Gary PembertonJohn IliffeMichael Knight XXVII Sydney 2000 Efstratios Stratigis Panayiotis ThomopoulosGianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki XXVIII Athens 2004 Liu Qi XXIX Beijing 2008 Lord Sebastian Coe XXX London 2012 Carlos Arthur Nuzman XXXI Rio de Janeiro 2016 Yoshirō MoriSeiko Hashimoto XXXII Tokyo 2021 Tony Estanguet XXXIII Paris 2024 Casey Wasserman XXXIV Los Angeles 2028 Andrew Liveris XXXV Brisbane 2032

Winter Olympic Games

President Game Host city Host countryYear Pierre de Coubertin I Chamonix 1924 Edmund Schulthess II St Moritz 1928 Godfrey Dewey III Lake Placid 1932 Joseph GoebbelsKarl Ritter von Halt IV Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Alfred SchläppiHeinrich Schläppi V St. Moritz1948 Haakon VII of NorwayPrincess Astrid of NorwayOlaf Helset VI Oslo1952 Paolo Ignazio Maria Thaon di Revel VII Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Prentis Cobb Hale VIII Squaw Valley 1960 Bruno Kreisky IX Innsbruck 1964 Albert Michallon X Grenoble1968 Kōgorō Uemura XI Sapporo1972 Bruno Kreisky XII Innsbruck1976 Ron MacKenzieRev. J. Bernard Fell XIII Lake Placid 1980 Branko Mikulić XIV Sarajevo 1984 Frank King XV Calgary 1988 Jean-Claude KillyMichel Barnier XVI Albertville 1992 Gerhard Heiberg XVII Lillehammer1994 Eishiro Saito XVIII Nagano1998 Robert H. GarffFrank JoklikMitt Romney XIX Salt Lake City 2002 Valentino Castellani XX Turin 2006 John Furlong XXI Vancouver 2010 Dmitry Chernyshenko XXII Sochi 2014 Kim Jin-sunCho Yang-hoLee Hee-beom XXIII Pyeongchang2018 Guo JinlongCai Qi XXIVBeijing2022 Giovanni Malagò XXV Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo2026Edgar GrospironXXVIFrench Alps2030Fraser BullockXXVIIUtah2034

Summer Youth Olympic Games

President Game Host city Host country Year Ng Ser Miang I Singapore Singapore 2010 Li Xueyong II Nanjing 2014 Gerardo Werthein III Buenos Aires2018 Mamadou Ndiaye IV Dakar2026

Winter Youth Olympic Games

President Game Host city Host country Year Richard Rubatscher I Innsbruck 2012 Siri Hatlen II Lillehammer 2016 Patrick Baumann Ira LoganVirginie Faivre III Lausanne 2020 Choi Moon-soonChoi Jong-gu IV Gangwon 2024 Manuela Di Centa V Dolomites and Valtellina 2028

Notable presidents Presidents of the Olympic Organising Committee have been business executives, athletes, bureaucrats, politicians, and more. Some have gone on to or have served in other high offices:

Constantine I of Greece, who headed the organising committee for the 1896 Summer Olympics, later served as the King of Greece.

Pierre de Coubertin, who headed the organising committees for the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics as well as the 1924 Winter Olympics, was the founder of the modern Olympic movement and International Olympic Committee. He served as President of the International Olympic Committee from 1896 to 1925.

David R. Francis, who headed the organising committee for the 1904 Summer Olympics, served as Governor of Missouri before heading the organising committee. He later briefly served as the United States Ambassador to Russia.

Joseph Goebbels, who headed the organising committees for the 1936 Winter Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics, served as Chancellor of Germany for one day in 1945 before committing suicide.

Haakon VII, who headed the organising committee for the 1952 Winter Olympics, also served as the King of Norway. His daughter, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, also served as the president of the organising committee, becoming the first woman to ever hold the title (Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki would do the same in 2004).

Giulio Andreotti, who headed the organising committee for the 1960 Summer Olympics, later served as the Prime Minister of Italy.

Bruno Kreisky, who headed the organising committee for the 1964 Winter Olympics, later served as the Chancellor of Austria.

Konstantin Chernenko was the leader of the Soviet Union while also being the president of the 1980 Summer Olympics organising committee.

Branko Mikulić, who headed the organising committee for the 1984 Winter Olympics, later served as the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia.

Peter Ueberroth, who headed the organising committee for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, went on to serve as the Commissioner of Baseball from 1984 to 1989.

Roh Tae-woo, who headed the organising committee for the 1988 Summer Olympics, later served as the President of South Korea.

Michel Barnier, who headed of the organising committee for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, served as the Prime Minister of France in 2024.

Following the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Mitt Romney ran for Governor of Massachusetts and was elected Governor with nearly 50% of the vote in the election. He served one term as governor. He was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 Presidential Election but lost to then-incumbent President Barack Obama. Sixteen years after the Winter Olympics, Romney would go on to be elected Senator for the state of Utah following the 2018 midterm elections.

Sebastian Coe, who headed the organising committee for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, is now serving as the President of the International Association of Athletics Federations. He also served as the Chairman of the British Olympic Association from 2012 to 2016.

Yoshirō Mori, who headed the organising committee for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo until 2021, previously served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2000 to 2001.

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External links ORGANISING COMMITTEES FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES