Viktor Lukashenko elected president of Belarus' NOC
11:35, 26 February
Viktor Lukashenko, who until now served as the First Vice President of the National Olympic Committee, has been elected President of the NOC by the Olympic Assembly, BelTA has learned.
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Viktor Lukashenko served as the Acting First Vice President of the NOC from April 2019, and was elected to the post by the Olympic Assembly in November of the same year.
“This is news to me that you nominated two candidatures. I thought there would be one. I did not plan to get nominated as the head of the National Olympic Committee for another term. I'll ask you, if this is ok with you, to vote for my eldest son. I vouch for him. There will be no theft, corruption, misuse of money under his leadership. Athletes and coaches will be treated kind and fair. As for me, I will still keep in touch with what is going in sport," Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
Dmitry Dovgalenok was re-elected as Vice President of the NOC. The post of First Vice President of the NOC was eliminated. The corresponding proposal was made by Viktor Lukashenko, the newly elected president of the NOC, and was supported by the Olympic Assembly. In addition, the meeting addressed a number of organizational issues, including the expulsion and admission of NOC members, the election of honorary members. The report of the NOC audit committee for the period 2019-2020 was approved.
Aleksandr Lukashenko, the head of the Belarusian state, was the President of the NOC since May 1997.
