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Sunday, 13 December 2020
Andrey Kryukov has been elected as the new secretary general of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (HOK).
Kryukov, a key figure behind the Almaty bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics, was handed the role on an interim basis in May after Saken Mussaibekov left the position to become vice-minister of Culture and Sports in the Republic of Kazakhstan Government.
He was elected to the role on a permanent basis at the organisation s General Assembly.
As well as being the secretary general, Kryukov is also the vice-president of the HOK International Cooperation body. Let me offer my congratulations to Andrey Kryukov on his election to his post as the secretary general of the Kazakhstan National Olympic Committee, said HOK President Timur Kulibayev.