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Factbox: International Olympic Committee Presidents

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday elected Germany's Thomas Bach its new president, the ninth in its 119-year history. Following is a list of IOC presidents. 1894-1896: Demetrius Vikelas, Greece 1896-1925: Pierre de Coubertin, France 1925-1942: Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgium 1946-1952: J. Sigfrid Edstrom, Sweden 1952-1972: Avery Brundage, U.S. 1972-1980: Lord Killanin, Ireland 1980-2001: Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spain 2001-2013: Jacques Rogge, Belgium 2013- Thomas Bach, Germany (Compiled by Ossian Shine, editing by Ed Osmond)