The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Нацыянальны алімпійскі камітэт Рэспублікі Беларусь, Russian: Национальный олимпийский комитет Республики Беларусь) is one of many national Olympic committees that make up the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Created in 1991, the NOC RB (Belarusian: НОК РБ), was charged with selecting athletes to represent Belarus in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, enforcing anti-doping laws and promoting sporting activity inside Belarus. The current president of the NOC RB is Victor Lukashenko, the son of the current President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko.
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| Country/Region |  Belarus |
|---|---|
| Code | BLR |
| Created | 1991 |
| Recognized | 1993 |
| Continental Association | EOC |
| Headquarters | Minsk, Belarus |
| President | Viktor Lukashenko |
| Secretary General | George Katulin |
| Website | www.noc.by |
History
editThe NOC RB was established on March 22, 1991, several months before the dissolution of the USSR. Until that event, Byelorussian SSR's Olympic activity was controlled by the Soviet Olympic Committee, which did not disband until 1992. During that same year, Belarus competed in the 1992 Summer and Winter Olympics as part of the Unified Team made of former Soviet republics (except the Baltic states). Granted temporary membership in 1992, the NOC RB was not granted full membership until the 101st International Olympic Committee Session in the year 1993. Also in 1993, Vladimir Ryzhenkov, who was at the time the Belarus Minister for Sport and Tourism, was elected to the post of President of the NOC RB. Ryzhenkov held the position until his death in 1996, and was replaced in 1997 with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. In Lukashenko's first speech as NOC RB president, he stated there were no other examples of a head of state serving as a NOC Chairman or President at the same time. From 2005 to 2015, George Katulin served as a secretary general of NOC RB.
In December 2020, the International Olympic Committee sanctioned members of the NOC RB, including Alexander Lukashenko, Viktor Lukashenko and Dzmitry Baskau, for political discrimination against Belarusian athletes.[1]
On August 9, 2021, the Belarus Olympic Committee was added to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List by the United States Department of the Treasury.[2]
In addition, the presidents of the NOC Alexander and Viktor Lukashenko are under the sanctions of the United States,[3] the European Union,[4] the United Kingdom,[5] Switzerland[6] and Canada,[7] while Dzmitry Baskau, a member of the executive board, is banned from entering Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.[8][9]
On February 26, 2022, in response to the Belarus-assisted Russian invasion of Ukraine and NOC RB's treatment of Belarusian athletes, the IOC temporarily suspended Belarusian athletes and officials from entering international events.[10]
Executive Board
edit| Designation | Name |
|---|---|
| President | Viktor Lukashenko |
| Vice-President | Dmitri Dovgalenok |
| Secretary General | Polina Golovina |
| Member | Dzmitry Baskau |
| Andrey Barbashinsky | |
| Aliaksandr Bahdanovich | |
| Aleksandr But-Gusaim | |
| Olena Zubrilova | |
| Liubov Charkashyna | |
| Irina Malevanaya | |
| Denis Muzhzhukhin | |
| Natallia Tsylinskaya |
Member federations
editThe Belarusian National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 36 Olympic Summer and 8 Winter Sport Federations in Belarus.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "IOC EB takes provisional measures against NOC of Belarus". International Olympic Committee. 2021-07-15. Archived from the original on 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Treasury Holds the Belarusian Regime to Account on Anniversary of Fraudulent Election". United States Department of the Treasury. 2021-08-09. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ Sanctions List Search
- ^ COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1648 of 6 November 2020 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus
- ^ "Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK" (PDF). Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
- ^ Searching for subjects of sanctions
- ^ "Backgrounder: Belarus sanctions". Global Affairs Canada. 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ^ "Баскову и Шакуте запретили въезд в Латвию". Tut.By (in Russian). 2020-11-16. Archived from the original on 2021-03-02.
- ^ "Ковальчук, Портной и Базанов внесены в список невъездных в Латвию, Литву и Эстонию" (in Russian). BY.Tribuna.com. 2020-11-20. Archived from the original on 2020-11-21. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ^ "IOC pushes to cancel events in Russia, Belarus". 25 February 2022.