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Who's Who in Beijing 2008 WHO’S WHO IN BEIJING 2008 FOR THE GAMES OF THE XXIX OLYMPIAD INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) EXECUTIVE BOARD President Members IOC COORDINATION COMMISSION Jacques Rogge, Belgium Sergey Bubka, Ukraine FOR BEIJING 2008 Richard L. Carrión, Puerto Rico Vice Presidents Ottavio Cinquanta, Italy Chairman Thomas Bach, Germany Gerhard Heiberg, Norway Hein Verbruggen, The Netherlands Chiharu Igaya, Japan Ser Miang Ng, Singapore Gunilla Lindberg, Sweden Denis Oswald, Switzerland Vice President Lambis V. Nikolaou, Greece Mario Pescante, Italy Richard Kevan Gosper, Australia Sam Ramsamy, South Africa Mario Vázquez Raña, Mexico Director in Charge Yu Zaiqing, People’s Republic of China Gilbert Felli, Switzerland Members Executive Board Château de Vidy Tel: (41.21) 621 61 11 Sergey Bubka, Ukraine 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Fax: (41.21) 621 62 16 Philip Craven, Great Britain Timothy Tsun Ting Fok, Hong Kong DELEGATES ORGANIZING OF GAMES Alex Gilady, Israel Issa Hayatou, Cameroon Nat Indrapana, Thailand BEIJING ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Kipjoge Keino, Kenya FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES (BOCOG) Julio César Maglione, Uruguay EXECUTIVE BOARD Ser Miang Ng, Singapore Carlos Arthur Nuzman, Brazil President Craig Reedie, Great Britain Liu Qi, Member of Political Bureau of the 16th CPC Central Committee Andrew Ryan, Great Britain Austin L. Sealy, Barbados First Vice President Marton Simitsek, France Chen Zhili, State Councilor Wu Ching-Kuo, Chinese Taipei Executive Presidents Deng Pufang, President of China Disabled Person’s Federation Comité Internationale Olympique (CIO) Liu Peng, Minister of the General Administration of Sports; Case postale 356 President of the Chinese Olympic Committee Château de Vidy Wang Qishan, Mayor of Beijing 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Executive Vice Presidents Duan Shijie, Vice President of All-China Sports Federation FORMS Jiang Xiaoyu INSTRUCTS Li Binghua, Member of National Comittee of the Chinese People’s Consultative Conference Li Zhijian, Vice Minister of the General Administration of Sports Liu Jingmin, Vice Mayor of Beijing CHINESE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE Tang Xiaoquan, Vice President of China Disabled Persons’ Federation Yang Shu’an, Vice President of All-China Sports Federation; Vice President of Chinese Olympic Committee President Yu Zaiqing, Vice Minister of the State General Administration of Sports; Member of IOC Executive Board Liu Peng, Minister of the General Administration of Sports; Executive President of BOCOG Executive Board Zhang Mao, Vice Mayor of Beijing Secretary General Executive Vice President and Secretary General Gu Yaoming, Vice Secretary General of All-China Sports Federation; Wang Wei, Deputy Secretary General of Beijing Municipal Government Executive Member of BOCOG Executive Board Executive Members Gu Yaoming Yan Zhongqiu Chinese Olympic Committee Tel: (86.10) 6711 6669 He Zhengliang Zang Aimin Tiyuguan Road 2 Fax: (86.10) 6711 5858 Beijing 100763, PRC [email protected] Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad 267 Bei Si Huan Zhong Lu Tel: (86.10) 6669 9185 Haidian District Fax: (86.10) 6669 9229 N.B. Country designations are given using IOC usage. Beijing 100083, PRC [email protected] Updated July 2006..
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