Presidents of the Olympic Organising Committee have been business executives, athletes, bureaucrats, politicians, and more. Some have gone on to or have served in other high offices: •
Constantine I of Greece, who headed the organising committee for the
1896 Summer Olympics, later served as the
King of Greece. •
Pierre de Coubertin, who headed the organising committees for the
1900 and
1924 Summer Olympics as well as the
1924 Winter Olympics, was the founder of the modern Olympic movement and
International Olympic Committee. He served as
President of the International Olympic Committee from 1896 to 1925. •
David R. Francis, who headed the organising committee for the
1904 Summer Olympics, served as
Governor of Missouri before heading the organising committee. He later briefly served as the
United States Ambassador to Russia. •
Joseph Goebbels, who headed the organising committees for the
1936 Winter Olympics and
1936 Summer Olympics, served as
Chancellor of Germany for one day in 1945 before committing suicide. •
Haakon VII, who headed the organising committee for the
1952 Winter Olympics, also served as the
King of Norway. His daughter,
Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, also served as the president of the organising committee, becoming the first woman to ever hold the title (
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki would do the same in 2004). •
Giulio Andreotti, who headed the organising committee for the
1960 Summer Olympics, later served as the
Prime Minister of Italy. •
Bruno Kreisky, who headed the organising committee for the
1964 Winter Olympics, later served as the
Chancellor of Austria. •
Konstantin Chernenko was the leader of the
Soviet Union while also being the president of the
1980 Summer Olympics organising committee. •
Branko Mikulić, who headed the organising committee for the
1984 Winter Olympics, later served as the
Prime Minister of Yugoslavia. •
Peter Ueberroth, who headed the organising committee for the
1984 Summer Olympics in
Los Angeles, went on to serve as the
Commissioner of Baseball from 1984 to 1989. •
Roh Tae-woo, who headed the organising committee for the
1988 Summer Olympics, later served as the
President of South Korea. •
Michel Barnier, who headed of the organising committee for the
1992 Winter Olympics in
Albertville, served as the
Prime Minister of France in 2024. • Following the
2002 Winter Olympics in
Salt Lake City,
Mitt Romney ran for
Governor of Massachusetts and was elected Governor with nearly 50% of the vote in the
election. He served one term as governor. He was the Republican nominee for
President of the United States in the
2012 Presidential Election but lost to then-incumbent President
Barack Obama. Sixteen years after the Winter Olympics, Romney would go on to be elected Senator for the state of
Utah following the
2018 midterm elections. •
Sebastian Coe, who headed the organising committee for the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London, is now serving as the President of the
International Association of Athletics Federations. He also served as the Chairman of the
British Olympic Association from 2012 to 2016. •
Yoshirō Mori, who headed the organising committee for the
2020 Summer Olympics in
Tokyo until 2021, previously served as
Prime Minister of Japan from 2000 to 2001. ==Notes==