Vitali Smirnov

Vitali Georgyevich Smirnov (Russian: Виталий Георгиевич Смирнов) (born 14 February 1935) is a Russian member of the International Olympic Committee. He is the most senior member of the IOC having been a member since 1971.

1970—1975 — First Vice-Minister of Sport of the USSR;

1981—1990 — Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation

1975—1981 — Executive President of the Organising Committee of the Games of the XXII Olympiad in Moscow in 1980.

1990—1992 — USSR National Olympic Committee President.

1992—2001 — Russian National Olympic Committee President.

1974—1978, 1986—1990 — Member of the Executive Board of the IOC;

1978—1982, 1990—1994, 2001—2005 — Vice-President of the IOC ;

1992—1998 — Chairman of the Eligibility Commission;

1978—1982, 1991—1995, 2003—2004 — member of the Council of the Olympic Order.

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