Vitali Smirnov

For the Soviet diplomat, see Vitaly S. Smirnov.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin with President of the National Olympic Committee Vitaly Smirnov.
30 August 2000

Vitali Georgyevich Smirnov (Russian: Виталий Георгиевич Смирнов) (born 14 February 1935) is a Russian member of the International Olympic Committee. He is the most senior member of the IOC having been a member since 1971.[1]

Career

1970—1975 — First Vice-Minister of Sport of the USSR;

1981—1990 — Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation

Sports administration

1975—1981 — Executive President of the Organising Committee of the Games of the XXII Olympiad in Moscow in 1980.

1990—1992 — USSR National Olympic Committee President.

1992—2001 — Russian National Olympic Committee President.

IOC History

1974—1978, 1986—1990 — Member of the Executive Board of the IOC;

1978—1982, 1990—1994, 2001—2005 — Vice-President of the IOC ;

1992—1998 — Chairman of the Eligibility Commission;

1978—1982, 1991—1995, 2003—2004 — member of the Council of the Olympic Order.

Honours and awards

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