PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games

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The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) is an organization that oversees the planning and development of the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

POCOG's offices are currently located in Seoul and PyeongChang, with plan to merge two offices in PyeongChang in near future.

Leadership

POCOG is currently headed by President Cho Yang-ho, Chairman of Hanjin Group.^[1] President Cho has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with the Olympic movement and was active in PyeongChang's bid for the Olympic Winter Games. Cho was preceded by Kim Jin-sun, former Governor of the Gangwon Province, who served as Special Ambassador for the Olympic Bid.

Organizational Structure

POCOG comprises Advisory Committee, whose members include the Prime Minister, Chairman of the National Assembly, IOC Member Kun-Hee Lee, Chairman of the Federation of the Korean Industries, six Vice Chairmen, Executive Board, and Advisory Group. The Secretariat consists of Secretary General, two Deputy Secretaries General, Six Bureaus, 13 Departments, one Auditor, one Spokesperson, and 29 Teams. The structure is projected to expand leading up to the Games.

References

↑ IOC Statement on the Election of POCOG President Yang-ho Cho

External links

Official web site

Organising Committees for the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Olympic	COJO (1976, 1992) LPOOC (Lake Placid 1980) LAOOC (Los Angeles 1984) OCO (Calgary 1988) SLOOC (Seoul 1988) LOOC (Lillehammer 1994) ACOG (Atlanta 1996) NAOC (Nagano 1998) SOCOG (Sydney 2000) TOROC (Turin 2006)

Paralympic	SPOC (Seoul 1988) LPOC (Lillehammer 1994) APOC (Atlanta 1996) NAPOC (Nagano 1998) SPOC (Sydney 2000) COMPARTO (Turin 2006)

Olympic/ Paralympic	COOB (1992 Barcelona) SLOC (Salt Lake 2002) ATHOC (Athens 2004) BOCOG (Beijing 2008) VANOC (Vancouver 2010) LOCOG (London 2012) SOOC (Sochi 2014) COJOPRJ (Rio 2016) POCOG (PyeongChang 2018) TOCOG (Tokyo 2020)

South Korea bids for the Olympic Games

Summer

Seoul	1988

Winter

Pyeongchang	2010 2014 2018 POCOG

italics - Successful bids

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