The candidates who will lead the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2025which could be up to six current members of the highest Olympic body, will be officially recognized this Monday. The election will take place on IOC session scheduled for March 18-21, 2025 in Greece and the presidential campaign will begin today.
The highest Olympic body is the German president Thomas Bach will publish this Monday the official list of candidates, and there is a Spaniard in it: Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs, 64 years old, current vice president of the IOC and son of former president from 1980 to 2001, Juan Antonio Samaranch Torelló. Samaranch Salisachs personally informed Bach of his intention to perform on Tuesday in Lausanne.
Other predictable candidates will come from this British-made shortlist Sir Sebastian CoeOlympic champion in Moscow’90 and Los Angeles’84 and current president of World Athletics (the former IAAF), Aruban Nicole Hoevertszfirst vice president of the IOC, and the members of the Executive Commission, the Jordanian Feisal Al Hussein and the Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventrywithout removing other names.
Samaranch Salisachs will be 65 in November, Coe will be 68 on September 29, Hoevertsz will be 60, Feisel al Hussein will be 61 in October and Coventry will be 41 next week. The IOC president has an initial term of eight years, which he can extend for a maximum of four more.
The current president of the IOC, Thomas Bach, will complete his mandate next year, after completing the twelve (8+4) allowed by the Olympic Charter. Although he received public demands for this, at the end of the Paris Olympics he announced that he would abide by the rules and would not propose a change that would allow him to extend his presidency.
Bach’s successor was the tenth president of the IOC. Until now they have all been men and there has been only one female candidate, the American Anita DeFrantz in 2001, when the Belgian Jacques Rogge, then a replacement for Samaranch Torelló, won in Moscow. Another woman who can present herself is the Moroccan Nawal El-Moutawakel (62 years old), vice president of the IOC.
In addition to age-related restrictions, candidates should consider whether their membership of the IOC depends on their position in another body, as was the case with Sir Sebastian Coe.
The rules governing the electoral campaign are very strict for the candidates. From now on they can publish a candidacy document, promote themselves on their personal social networks and give interviews. A little more: they cannot pay for advertising, nor call meetings or rallies, nor participate in debates, nor use communication agencies except for the production of documents, nor refer to other candidates or, of course, -offer gifts.
The IOC will bring together candidates and voters in Lausanne in January for an information session to present and explain the programs.
Source: La Verdad
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