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How long did Pierre de Coubertin serve as president of the International Olympic Committee?

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A woman in a white pleated dress lights the Olympic torch from a large flame in a gold cauldron, with a crowd seated in the background at Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. — Olympic Games An actress playing the role of an Athenian high priestess lights the Olympic flame in Athens, October 31, 2017. The torch was later carried to Pyeongchang, South Korea, for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Pierre, baron de Coubertin served as the president of the International Olympic Committee from 1896 to 1925, a total of 29 years.12