President of the International Olympic Committee congress. Athens was approved to host the 1896 Olympic Games, being the original home of the Olympics, and Vikelas was duly chosen as the first President of the IOC. Pierre, Baron de Coubertin, took over the IOC presidency when Demetrius Vikelas stepped down after the Olympics in his own country. Despite its initial success, the Olympic Movement faced hard times, as the 1900 Games (in de Coubertin's own Paris) and 1904 Games were both upstaged by World's Fairs—Exposition Universelle in 1900 and Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904—and received little attention. The 1906 Intercalated Games revived the momentum, and the Olympic
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