President of the International Olympic Committee Games grew to become the most important sports event. De Coubertin created the modern pentathlon for the 1912 Summer Olympics. He subsequently stepped down from the IOC presidency after the 1924 Summer Olympics, which proved much more successful than the first attempt in Paris in 1900. He was succeeded as IOC President in 1925 by Belgian Henri de Baillet-Latour. De Coubertin remained Honorary President of the IOC until his death in 1937 in Geneva, Switzerland. Henri, Comte de Baillet-Latour was elected IOC President in 1925, after the founder of the modern Olympic Movement, Baron de Coubertin, stepped down from the
National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic Summer Olympic Games, in Greco-Roman wrestling, shooting sport, boxing and judo. At the Winter Olympic Games Azerbaijani sportsmen couldn’t win any medal. Chingiz Huseynzade, vice-president of the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan, was chosen to membership of "Preparation Commission for the Olympic Games", and Aghajan Abiyev,a secretary general, was chosen to the “Technical Membership” Commission, at the XXVII General Assembly of the European Olympic Committee. The main goal of the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan is development and defense of the Olympic movement in Azerbaijan on the basis of the Olympic Charter. 1.President – Ilham Aliyev 2.Vice-President – Chingiz Huseynzada