Belarus Olympic Committee
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The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (Russian: Национальный олимпийский комитет Республики Беларусь) is one of many national Olympic committees that make up the International Olympic Committee. Created in 1991, the NOC RB (НОК РБ), is charged with selecting athletes to represent Belarus in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, enforcing anti-doping laws and promote sporting activity inside Belarus. The current president of the NOC RB is Alexander Lukashenko, the current President of Belarus.
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[edit] History
The NOC RB was established on March 22, 1991, in response to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Until that event, Belarus and the other fourteen Soviet Socialist Republics's Olympic activity were controlled by the Olympic Committee of the USSR, which did not disband until 1992. During that same year, Belarus competed in the 1992 Summer and Winter Olympics as part of the Unified Team. Granted temporary membership in 1992, the NOC RB was not granted full membership until the 101st International Olympic Committee Session, which held in Monaco in the year 1993. With the full membership, the NOC RB was given the right to send a national team to the Olympic Games. Also in 1993, Vladimir Ryzhenkov, who was at the time the Belarus Minister for Sport and Tourism, was elected to the post of President of the NOC RB. Ryzhenkov held the position until 1997, which was when Alexander Lukashenko was elected to the presidency. Lukashenko claimed that his election was a first for the Olympic Movement, stating "There are no examples in the world for the Head of State to be elected the NOC leader. I want to preserve the best achieved in sport in our republic for the years of its participation in the international Olympic movement."
[edit] Current NOC Leadership
[edit] President
- Alexander Lukashenko (President of the Republic of Belarus)
[edit] Vice President
- Gennady Alekseenko (Chief)
- Mikhail Kobrinsky
- Alexander Medved
[edit] Secretary General
- Anatoli Ivanov
[edit] Executive Committee
- Alexander Grigorov
- Boris Khrustalev
- Alexander Kurlovitch
- Alexey Mirishnichenko
- Yuliya Nesterenko
- Alexander Popov
- Yury Sivakov
- Ellina Zvereva
[edit] External links
- National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus Official Home Page (in Russian)
- International Olympic Committee English Home Page Retrieved 23 May 2005.
- International Olympic Committee Short Information Page on the NOC RB Retrieved 24 May 2005.
- National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus English Home Page Retrieved 30 November 2006.
- National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus NOC RB Facts (English) Retrieved 23 May 2005.
- National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus NOC RB Leadership Structure (English) Retrieved 24 May 2005.
