Organizing Committee established for European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku

Azerbaijanchr("39")s President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order to establish the Organizing Committee in connection with holding the European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku in 2019.Under the order, the Organizing Committee, consisting of chairman, deputy chairman and 26 members, will develop and implement an Action Plan for holding the European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku.First Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov was appointed Chairman of the Organizing Committee.Youth and Sports Minister, Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Azerbaijan Azad Rahimov was appointed Deputy Chairman.The European Youth Olympic Festival will be held on July 20-28, 2019.