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
Afghanistan National Olympic Committee elected as Secretary General. The Afghanistan National Olympic Committee hold an Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA) on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at Intercontinal Hotel, as per the statutes approved by the Afghan NOC General Assembly and the IOC. 27 of 29 General Assembly members attended. Fahim Hashimy was elected as President, . Afghanistan National Olympic Committee Afghanistan National Olympic Committee (IOC code: AFG) is the National Olympic Committee representing Afghanistan. Fahim Hashimy is the current president of the Committee. The first ever Afghanistan National Olympic Committee Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA) was held on Monday, September 28, 2009, at 11 am at