Presidents
Since the establishment of the IAAF, it has had five presidents:
| Name | Country | Presidency |
|---|---|---|
| Sigfrid Edström | Sweden | 1912–1946 |
| Lord Burghley | United Kingdom | 1946–1976 |
| Adriaan Paulen | Netherlands | 1976–1981 |
| Primo Nebiolo | Italy | 1981–1999 |
| Lamine Diack | Senegal | 1999– |
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Famous quotes containing the word presidents:
“A president, however, must stand somewhat apart, as all great presidents have known instinctively. Then the language which has the power to survive its own utterance is the most likely to move those to whom it is immediately spoken.”
—J.R. Pole (b. 1922)
“You must drop all your democracy. You must not believe in “the people.” One class is no better than another. It must be a case of Wisdom, or Truth. Let the working classes be working classes. That is the truth. There must be an aristocracy of people who have wisdom, and there must be a Ruler: a Kaiser: no Presidents and democracies.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“Our presidents have been getting to be synthetic monsters, the work of a hundred ghost- writers and press agents so that it is getting harder and harder to discover the line between the man and the institution.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)