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Mr Vitaly Smirnov: Russia/USSR
2011/12 Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index Russia’s ranking: 142 out of 179 countries
2011 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index Russia’s ranking: 143 out of 182
countries
IOC Membership: 1971-present
Member of its Executive Committee (1974-78 and 1986-90);
Vice-president of IOC (1978-82, 1990-94, 2001-05);
Chairman of the IOC Admission Commission (1992-98);
Olympic Program Commission (1983-91);
Chairman of the Eligibility Commission (1992-1998)
Member of the following Commissions:
• Olympic Programme (1972-1978) then Chairman (1983-1991),
• Olympic Solidarity (1973-1975),
• Tripartite (1979-1982),
• Council of the Olympic Order (1978-1982, 1991-1995, 2003-2004),
• Olympic Movement (1986-1990, 1991-1995),
• preparation of the XII Olympic Congress – Congress of Unity (1992-1994),
• International Relations (2002-),
• IOC 2000 Reform Follow-up (2002),
• 2009 Congress (2006-2009);
• Remuneration Working Group (2004-)
Olympic Sporting background: none.
Sports administration background:
• Executive President of the Organising Committee of the Games of the 1980 Moscow Olympics,
USSR NOC President (1990-1992);
• President (1992-2001) then Honorary President (2001-) of the Russian Olympic Committee,
• First Vice-Minister of Sport of the USSR (1970-1975);
• Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation (1981-1990);
• Chairman of the State Committee of Physical Culture and Sports of RSFSR (1981-90); and
• Chairman of the USSR Olympic Committee (1990-92), the Olympic Committee of Russia
(1992-2001)
Education: Academy of Physical Education and Sport; University of Social Sciences (Moscow)
Work experience:
• Instructor, head of the department of physical culture and sports, Second Secretary, and then
First Secretary of Moscow Komsomol Committee (1958-1968).
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