Belarus Olympic Committee
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Belarus Olympic Committee logo | |
| Country/Region |
 Belarus |
|---|---|
| Code | BLR |
| Created | 1991 |
| Recognized | 1993 |
| Continental Association | EOC |
| Headquarters | Minsk, Belarus |
| President | HE Mr Alexander Lukashenko |
| Secretary General | Mr Anatol Kotau |
| Website | www.noc.by/en |
The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (Russian: Национальный олимпийский комитет Республики Беларусь, Belarusian: Нацыянальны алімпійскі камітэт Рэспублікі Беларусь) is one of many national Olympic committees that make up the International Olympic Committee. Created in 1991, the NOC RB (Belarusian: 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.
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' 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 in the year 1993. 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 his death in 1996, but was replaced in 1997 with Alexander Lukashenko. In Lukashenko's first speech as NOC RB president, he stated there were no other examples of a head of state serving as a NOC Chairman or President at the same time. From 2005 to 2015 George Katulin served as a secretary general of NOC RB.[1]
Current NOC Leadership
President
- Alexander Lukashenko (President of the Republic of Belarus)
Vice President
- Gennady Alekseenko (Chief)
- Mikhail Kobrinsky
- Alexander Medved
Secretary General
- Anatol Kotau[2]
Executive Committee
- Alexander Grigorov
- Boris Khrustalev
- Alexander Kurlovitch
- Alexey Mirishnichenko
- Yulia Nestsiarenka
- Alexander Popov
- Yury Borodich
- Ellina Zvereva
References
- ↑ "Катулин Георгий Васильевич" [Katulin George Vasilyevich]. National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (in Russian). Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ↑ "Secretary General". National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
See also
External links
- National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus Home Page
- International Olympic Committee. "English Home Page". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- International Olympic Committee. "Short Information Page on the NOC RB". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus. "NOC of Belarus [about]". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus. "NOC RB Executive Board". Retrieved 19 July 2016.