Belgium’s Ingmar De Vos, who has served as the FEI President since 2014 and has been the President of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) since 2025, has been elected as a member of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in his quality as representative of the Summer Olympic International Federations.
The election took place on 4 February 2026, at the 145th IOC Session held in Milan (ITA) in the lead up to the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Ingmar De Vos, who has been an IOC Member since 2017, was elected by secret ballot by his peers for a term of four years. He will assume his new role following the conclusion of the 145th IOC Session on 22 February 2026.
The IOC Executive Board is the supreme governing body responsible for overseeing the management of the organisation and implementing the decisions taken by the IOC Session. It was founded in 1921, and consists of the IOC President, four Vice-Presidents and 10 members elected by the IOC Session.
“Today’s election to the IOC Executive Board is a great honour,” newly elected IOC Executive Board Member Ingmar De Vos said. “I am deeply humbled by the result and would like to express my sincere gratitude to my fellow IOC Members, alongside whom I have had the privilege of working for nearly a decade. This new role also carries significant responsibility at a time when the Olympic Movement is undergoing a profound review as part of the “Fit for the Future” process initiated by President Kirsty Coventry.
“During my mandate, I am committed to contributing to the future success of the Olympic Games, the IOC and the Olympic Family. As the ASOIF President I will do this with special attention for the role of the International Federations in the Olympic Movement. Together, we must continue to enhance the popularity, appeal, and long-term sustainability of the Olympic Games.”
Key Olympic officials have congratulated Ingmar De Vos on his election.
“On behalf of the Belgian Olympic & Interfederal Committee, I want to congratulate Ingmar on his election to the IOC Executive Board,” BOIC President Jean-Michel Saive said.
“This election represents a new milestone in an already extraordinary career as a sports leader at the service of the Olympic Movement and its values. We are proud that he follows in the footsteps of remarkable Belgians in the Olympic Movement, thereby contributing to our legacy and national Olympic heritage. We wish him all the best in this new key position.”
“Ingmar De Vos’s election to the IOC Executive Board is a significant moment for equestrian sport,” Quentin Simonet, President of the European Equestrian Federation, commented. “His election to the highest level of Olympic governance is a strong testament to his deep understanding of and commitment to the Olympic Movement, and more broadly to the crucial dynamism of equestrian sport within an evolving Olympic landscape.
“His presence will continue to reinforce a clear, informed, and credible voice rooted in equestrian expertise. The European Equestrian Federation warmly congratulates him on this important milestone and looks forward with confidence to the impact of his leadership across his broad responsibilities, particularly in inspiring youth, shaping an Olympics fit for the future, and safeguarding the enduring and strategic place of equestrian sport within the Olympic Movement.”
Ingmar De Vos’ biography
A Belgian native, Ingmar De Vos was born on 5 August 1963. He holds Masters degrees in political science, international relations, and international and European law from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BEL).
He began his professional career as an advisor to the Belgian Senate. He joined the Fédération Royale Belge des Sports Equestres (Royal Belgian Equestrian Federation) as Director General in 1990 and from 1997 to 2011 served as the Federation’s Secretary General.
De Vos was the co-founder of the European Equestrian Federation (EEF), where he served as Secretary General from 2010 to 2011.
In 2011, Ingmar De Vos joined the FEI as Secretary General.
On 14 December 2014, at the FEI General Assembly held in Baku (AZE), after three years as FEI Secretary General, the Belgian native was elected FEI President in a contested election by an overwhelming majority in the first round of voting. Four years later, at the FEI General Assembly in Manama (BRN) on 20 November 2018, he stood unopposed and was unanimously re-elected for another four-year term. On 13 November 2022, De Vos was re-elected for a third and final term in office by the FEI General Assembly in Cape Town (RSA). He ran unopposed as had been the case four years earlier.
Ingmar De Vos was elected as a Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in September 2017 and is a member of several IOC Commissions, including the Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad Los Angeles 2028 (2019 - ); Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXXV Olympiad Brisbane 2032 (2021 - ); Legal Affairs (2018 - ); and Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (2019 - ). On 20 March 2025 he was re-elected for a second term as an IOC member by the 144th IOC Session. He is a member of the Belgian Olympic Academy and since 2017 he sits on the Board of the Belgian National Olympic Committee (BOIC/COIB).
Since 2016, he has been a member of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Governance Taskforce. In 2019 he joined the ASOIF Council and on 9 April 2024 was unanimously elected at the ASOIF President.
He has been a member of the Executive Committee of SportAccord, the world sport and business summit, since 2021.
In 2025, Ingmar De Vos was appointed as an Honorary Professor of the Wuhan Business University (CHN).
From 2018 to 2022, Ingmar De Vos served on the Foundation Board of the World Anti- Doping Agency (WADA). Since 2018, he is a member of the WADA Executive Committee.
On 2 December 2025, Ingmar De Vos was appointed to the International Testing Agency (ITA) Foundation Board as representative of the International Federations. His term in office began on 1 January 2026.
In 2014, he was a delegate to the International Horse Sports Confederation (IHSC). He was the organisation’s Vice President (2014-2019 and 2022-2024) and President from 2020 to 2022. He was re-elected to the IHSC presidency on 6 December 2024 for the last two years of his term in office at the FEI President.
Ingmar De Vos is a Gender Champion for the United Nations and is fluent in Dutch, English and French.
