Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch was a Spanish sports administrator under the Franco regime (1973–1977) who served as the seventh President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001.
Samaranch in 1998
Samaranch (middle) at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 1987
Samaranch (left) and Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (c. 1982–1984)
Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch, formerly Olympic Hall Zetra, in Sarajevo
President of the International Olympic Committee
The president of the International Olympic Committee is head of the executive board that assumes the general overall responsibility for the administration of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the management of its affairs. The IOC Executive Board consists of the president, four vice-presidents, and ten other IOC members; all of the board members are elected by the IOC Session, using a secret ballot, by a majority vote.
President of the International Olympic Committee
Le Baron de Coubertin
IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland