History and role of the executive board
The Executive Board, founded in 1921, consists of the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) President, four Vice-Presidents and ten other members. All the
members of the Executive Board are elected by the Session, by secret ballot, by
a majority of votes cast, for a four-year term.
The Executive Board manages the affairs of the IOC:
- attends to the observance of the Olympic Charter;
- assumes the ultimate responsibility for the administration of the IOC;
- approves the IOC's internal organisation, its organisation chart and all
internal regulations relating to its organisation;
- is responsible for the management of the IOC's finances and prepares an
annual report;
- presents a report to the Session on any proposed change of rule or bye-law;
- submits to the IOC Session the names of the persons whom it recommends for
election to the IOC;
- conducts the procedure for acceptance and selection of candidatures for the
organisation of the Olympic Games;
- creates and allocates IOC honorary distinctions;
- establishes the agenda for the IOC Sessions;
- upon proposal from the President, it appoints the Director General and
Secretary General;
- keeps the records of the IOC;
- enacts, in the form it deems most appropriate, (codes, rulings, norms,
guidelines, guides, instructions) all regulations necessary to ensure the proper
implementation of the Olympic Charter and the organisation of the Olympic Games;
- performs all other duties assigned to it by the Session.
The Executive Board meets when convened by the President on the latter's
initiative or at the request of the majority of its members.
