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
President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia The President of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, formerly the General Secretary of the Central Committee, was the head of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Central Committee. As the leader of the Central Committee, the President was the leader of SFR Yugoslavia. The longest serving officeholder was Josip Broz Tito, serving from 1939 to his death in 1980. ! colspan=7| Political Secretaries (1919–1920) ! colspan=7| Organizational Secretary (1919–1920) ! colspan=7| Presidents of the Central Party Committee (1920–1921) ! colspan=7| Political Secretaries (1920–1921) !