National_Olympic_Committee_of_the_Azerbaijani_Republic
National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
National Olympic Committee
The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan[1] (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası Milli Olimpiya Komitəsi),[2] is an independent public organization, with a status of a legal entity, which passed registration in the Ministry of Justice of the Azerbaijani Republic. It is also known as the Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee[3][4] and by the acronym AzMOK[3][4] or AZMOC.[1] The charter of the organization is recognized by the International Olympic Committee, in 1993. The organization represents the country at the international Olympic Games. It acts on the basis of the Olympic Charter and also the Law of the Azerbaijani Republic about enterprises and public organizations.[3] Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, is the president of the committee since 1997.[5]