The 129th IOC Session ahead of the Olympic Games Rio 2016 introduced changes on the Executive Board and elected eight new IOC members.

Two new IOC Vice-Presidents were elected to the EB: Juan Antonio Samaranch (ESP) and Ugur Erdener (TUR), to replace outgoing Vice-Presidents Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) and Sir Craig Reedie (GBR).

Five new and returning Members will also be joining the Executive Board: Gian Franco Kasper (SUI), Angela Ruggiero (USA), Sergey Bubka (UKR), Ser Miang Ng (SIN), and Willi Kaltschmitt (GUA).

EOC President Patrick Hickey is resuming his seat as representative of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), as Ching-Kuo Wu for the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF).

The new Chair of the IOC Athletes’ Commission, Angela Ruggiero, replaces outgoing Chair Claudia Bokel, following the elections earlier this week. The newly composed EB will begin its work after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Following a proposal from the Executive Board, eight new IOC Members (three from. Europe) were elected at the 129th IOC Session ahead of the Olympic Games Rio 2016: Nita Ambani (IND); Sari Essayah (FIN); Ivo Ferriani (ITA); Luis Moreno (COL); Auvita Rapilla (PNG); Anant Singh (RSA); Tricia Smith (CAN); and Karl Stoss (AUT).

Finally, seventeen IOC Members were re-elected en bloc, nine of them from Europe: HRH The Princess Royal, Denis Oswald (SUI), IOC President Thomas Bach (GER), Mario Pescante (ITA), Gerhard Heiberg (NOR), Alex GILADY (ISR), Guy Drut (FRA), Sergey Bubka (UKR), and Ugur Erdener (TUR).

The addition of the new Members brings the total number of IOC Members to 98.