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 and th
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IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland
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Juan Antonio Samaranch
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Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch was a Spanish sports administrator under the Franco regime who served as the seventh president of the International Olympic Committee from 1
President of the International Olympic Committee
…massive political boycott of those Games in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but retained his position until the Games were completed. Juan Antonio Samaranch (who was later created the 1st marquess of Samaranch) was elected President of the IOC on 16 July at the 83rd IOC Session in Moscow, that was held prior…
Samaranch in 1998
Samaranch (middle) at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 1987
Samaranch (left) and Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (c. 1982–1984)
Juan Antonio Samaranch Olympic Hall, formerly Zetra Olympic Hall, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina