Who was the first 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.

The first president of the International Olympic Committee was Dimítrios Vikélas, who served from 1894 to 1896.1

While Pierre, baron de Coubertin is widely recognized as the founder and the "reviver" of the modern Olympic Games, he succeeded Vikélas as president in 1896 and held the position until 1925.12