IOC-24
Twenty-fourth Session of the IOC Assembly
19-28 June 2007, Paris, France
Elections
Elections to the posts of Chairperson and Vice-chairpersons and to the other seats on the Executive Council will take place on Monday 25 June 2007 during the 24th Session of the IOC Assembly. According to paragraph 1.7 of Appendix I to the Rules of Procedures (Technical Arrangements for the elections of Officers of the Commission and other members of the Executive Council),
'Applications shall be admissible only if they reach the Secretariat of the Commission at least two full working days before the date of the session at which the elections will take place.'
Download The Final List of Candidates for the Elections (21 June)
The Assembly at its 24th Session has elected its Officers for the period from 28 June 2007 to the closing of the 25th Assembly in June 2009 as follows:
Name (Country)
|
Electoral Group |
Remark |
| Chairperson |
|
|
| Javier Valladares ( Argentina)
|
III |
Former Vice-Chairman |
| Vice-chairpersons |
|
|
| Savithri Narayanan ( Canada) |
I |
|
| Nicolay N. Mikhailov (Russian Federation) |
II |
|
| Julian Reyna (Colombia) |
III |
|
| Neville Smith (Australia) |
IV |
Re-elected |
| Cherif Sammari (Tunisia) |
V |
|
See the full result of the elections here
See the current composision of the Bureau and Executive Council as established by the last Elections on 27 June 2005:
Chairperson and Vice-chairpersons
Countries members of the Executive Council
According to paragraph 1.4 of the above-mentioned Technical Arrangements,
'The use of the forms attached hereto as Annexes I, II and III for nominations of candidates for the posts of Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons of the Commission and for the remaining seats on the Executive Council, respectively, is mandatory for any nomination to be considered by the Nominations Committee.'
Should your Government intend to apply for the elections, you are kindly requested to fill in the relevant form and to transmit it to the IOC Secretariat (attention Executive Secretary) at your earliest convenience and in any case before the above-mentioned deadline.
The full technical arrangements for the elections can be consulted as Appendix I and II in the IOC Rules of Procedure here (in English, French, Spanish and Russian).
During the Intersessional period four countries joined the IOC: Cook Islands, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea in Electoral Group IV, and Djibouti in Electoral Group V. An updated listing of the IOC electoral groups is given here that reflects the current composition of the Executive Council. This complies with Rule 18.4a.
Answers to most frequent questions:
- The composition of the Executive Council is of 40 seats (1 Chairperson, 5 vice-chairpersons, and 34 other member countries) (Rule 18.2).
- The mandate of the Member States of the Executive Council commences at the end of the session of the Assembly during which they have been elected and expire at the end of the next session (Article 7A2 of IOC Statutes). The Executive Council mandate is therefore of two years (following the sequence of Assembly sessions). Elections are held at each session of the IOC Assembly (every two years -- same year as that of the General Conference of UNESCO).
- The Executive Council is renewed as a whole every two years. The chairperson and the five Vice-chairpersons are eligible for re-election in their personnal capacity but only once for successive terms. There is no limitation for IOC Member States to re-election at the Executive Council (Rule 18.1).
- By the time of the next elections, the following Officers will have completed their second and last successive term and cannot candidate for the same function:
Prof. D. T. Pugh (Chairman) - UK, Electoral Group I
Prof. M. Ruivo (Vice-chairman) - Portugal, Electoral Group I
Dr A. V. Frolov (Vice-chairman) - Russian Federation, electoral Group II
C. de N. J. A. Valladares (Vice-chairman) - Argentina, Electoral Group III
- The countries of all failed candidates in the elections for Chairperson and vice-chairpersons will be automatically included in the list of States candidates for elections to the Executive Council, unless the Head of any delegations indicates that he/she does not wish his/her country to be considered for the election. [Technical arrangements for the elections 1.8]
- The representation per electoral grouping is as follows (Rule 18.2):
Group I - 11 seats
Group II - 2 seats
Group III - 9 seats
Group IV - 9 seats
Group V - 9 seats
- List of Member States candidates for election on the Executive Council (including countries of candidate officers) in 2005 (upon receipt of the statutory form duly completed and signed):
Group I: Turkey (5 March 2007); Belgium (18 April 2007); France (25 April 2007); United States of America (24 May 2007); Germany (29 May 2007); Portugal (11 June 2007); Spain (11 June 2007); Greece (13 June 2007); Canada (Vice-chair, Dr S. Narayanan, 14 June 2007); Norway (18 June 2007); United Kingdom (20 June 2007)
Group II: Georgia (12 June 2007); Ukraine (20 June 2007); Russian Federation (Vice-chair, Mr Mikhailov Nicolay, 20 June 2007)
Group III: Brazil (24 May 2007); Chile (18 June 2007); Argentina (Chairmanship, M. Javier Valladares, 18 June 2007); Peru (19 June 2007); Cuba (19 June 2007); Dominican Republic (19 June 2007); Venezuela (20 June 2007); Ecuador (20 June 2007); Colombia (Vice-chair, Capitan Julian Reyna, 20 June 2007)
Group IV: India (7 March 2007); China (16 May 2007); Iran (I.R.) (29 May 2007); Sri Lanka (4 June 2007); Thailand (18 June 2007); Republic of Korea (18 June 2007); Australia (Vice-chair, Dr Neville Smith, 19 June 2007); Japan (19 June 2007); Indonesia (20 June 2007)
Group V: Madagascar (11 June 2007); United-Republic of Tanzania (18 June 2007); Nigeria (19 June 2007); Mauritius (19 June 2007); Kenya (19 June 2007); Tunisia (Vice-chair, Prof. Cherif Sammari, 20 june 2007); South Africa (19 June); Egypt (20 June 2007); Ghana (20 June 2007)
- Each Member State "present and voting" is invited to vote by chosing countries candidates in all electoral groups for which election is needed, the member State chooses no more countries than the maximum number of seats remaining to be filled by electoral group.
