Azerbaijan sets up Organizing Committee for 2015 Baku European Olympic Games
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed on January 17 an
executive order on establishing the Organizing Committee for the
first European Olympic Games to be held in Baku in 2015, AzerTac
state news agency reported.
Under the presidential order, President of the Heydar Aliyev
Foundation, member of Executive Committee of Azerbaijan National
Olympic Committee, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Mehriban Aliyeva was
appointed chairperson of the Organizing Committee.
Members of the Organizing Committee include chiefs of appropriate
government agencies, leadership of the National Olympic Committees
as well as Olympic champions.
Under the order, Azerbaijan's Youth and Sport Ministry together
with Baku Mayor's Office and National Olympic Committee must
prepare a plan of special measures for holding the first European
Olympic Games and submit it to the Organizing Committee.