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| Country |  Azerbaijan |
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| Code | AZE |
| Created | 1992 |
| Recognized | 1993 |
| Continental Association | EOC |
| Headquarters | Baku,Azerbaijan |
| President | Ilham Aliyev |
| Secretary General | Agadjan Abiyev |
| Website | www |
TheNational Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan[1] (Azerbaijani:Azərbaycan Respublikası Milli Olimpiya Komitəsi; IOC Code:AZE),[2] is an independent public organization, with a status of a legal entity, which passed registration in theMinistry of Justice of the Azerbaijani Republic. It is also known as theAzerbaijan National Olympic Committee[3][4] and by the acronymAzMOK[3][4] orAZMOC.[1] The charter of the organization is recognized by theInternational Olympic Committee, in 1993. The organization represents the country at the internationalOlympic Games. It acts on the basis of theOlympic Charter and also the Law of theAzerbaijani Republic about enterprises and public organizations.[3]Ilham Aliyev, thePresident of Azerbaijan, is the president of the committee since 1997.[5]
The National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan was established in 1992 and recognized by theInternational Olympic Committee in 1993.
For the first time Azerbaijan took part at the Olympic Games as an independent state in 1996 and since then sends athletes to all Olympic Games.
Earlier, Azerbaijani athletes competed in the Olympic Games in the team of theSoviet Union from 1952 to 1988, but after thecollapse of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan became a part of theUnified Team at the Olympics in 1992.[6]
Azerbaijani athletes won, in sum, sixteen medals at theSummer Olympic Games, inGreco-Roman wrestling,shooting sport,boxing andjudo. At theWinter Olympic Games, Azerbaijani athletes have not won any medal.
Chingiz Huseynzade, vice-president of the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan, was chosen as a member of the "Preparation Commission for the Olympic Games", and Aghajan Abiyev, a secretary general, was chosen to the “Technical Membership” Commission, at the XXVII General Assembly of theEuropean Olympic Committee.
The main goal of the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan is the development and defense of the Olympic movement in Azerbaijan on the basis of theOlympic Charter.[7]
1. President –Ilham Aliyev
2. Vice-President – Chingiz Huseynzada
3. Vice-President – Azad Rahimov
4. Vice-President – Khazar Isayev
5. Secretary General – Aghajan Abiyev
6. Deputy Secretary General – Azer Aliyev
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