The 134th IOC Session was the

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which was held in

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, Switzerland, on 24 June 2019.

Bidders

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, Italy was the sole bidder to host the 134th IOC Session and was elected in a unanimous vote at the 131st IOC Session in

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in September 2017. However, in 2018 there was a late Italian bid to host the

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in Milan and

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(which hosted the

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). The Olympic Charter does not allow a session to take place in a country that has a candidate for the Olympic Games awarded at the session. Consequently, the IOC session was moved to the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne.

2026 Winter Olympics host city election

The host city of the

was elected at the 134th IOC Session. Bids were submitted to the IOC in 2018.

Votes results

New IOC headquarters inauguration

The International Olympic Committee ( IOC) officially inaugurated its new headquarters in

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on 23 June during the celebration of Olympic Day. In 2019 this symbolic day marks the 125th anniversary of the creation of the IO

Election of new IOC members

Ten new IOC members were elected at the session. The new members are: * Odette Assembe-Engoulou – Cameroon * Filomena Fortes – President of Cape Verde Olympic Committee * Matlohang Moiloa-Ramoqopo – President of Lesotho National Olympic Committee * Tidjane Thiam – Ivory Coast * Laura Chinchilla – Costa Rica * Erick Thohir – President of

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* Spyros Capralos – President of Greek Olympic Committee * Mustapha Berraf – President of Algerian Olympic Committee and

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* Narinder Dhruv Batra – President of

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* Kee Heung Lee – President of Korean Sport & Olympic Committee

References

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