Milan, Italy, February 5, 2026: International Olympic Committee Vice-President Juan Antonio Samaranch (ESP) was re-elected for a second four-year term by the 145th IOC Session in Milan, Italy, on February 4.
The Session also elected three members of the IOC Executive Board (EB) - Ingmar De Vos (BEL), Kim Jae Youl (KOR) and Neven Ilic (CHI).
In addition, the Session elected Olympian Soraya Aghaei Haji Agha (IRI) as a new IOC Member.
Following the election of Aghaei, the IOC membership during the period of the Games will stand at 107 Members: 48 women (44.9 per cent) and 59 men. In all, 43 Olympians (25 women and 18 men) are IOC Members.
On the Executive Board, Kim Jae Youl (KOR) replaced Ivo Ferriani (ITA), whose term has come to an end. Kim, 57, is President of the International Skating Union. He has been an IOC Member since 2023.
The Session also took a series of other membership decisions during its meeting, including the re-election of 11 IOC Members who will reach the end of their eight-year terms in 2026, following their election or re-election in 2018. The Members were re-elected for an additional eight years, with the age limit being taken into consideration for the end of the terms (80 for Members elected before December 1999 and 70 for those elected after that date):
These included:
HH Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Amir (Qatar, membership linked to a function within a National Olympic Committee, born in 1980, elected in 2002)
HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein (Jordan, Independent Individual, born in 1963, elected in 2010)
Ms Samira Asghari (Afghanistan, Independent Individual, born in 1994, elected in 2018)
HRH Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck (Bhutan, membership linked to a function within a National Olympic Committee, born in 1984, elected in 2018)
Mr Morinari Watanabe (Japan, membership linked to his function as President of an International Federation (FIG), born in 1959, elected in 2018)