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During the Samaranch administration, Carrard also served as spokesperson of the IOC Executive Board.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cPresident Samaranch and the entire Olympic Movement could always rely on his invaluable advice. He was not only a man of law and sport, but also a great man of culture,\u201d Bach said. <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>According to the newsletter, the IOC credited Carrard for his role in creating the World Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Code plus the development of the Olympic Charter.<\/p>\n<p>Former IOC Marketing Director <strong>Michael Payne<\/strong> also paid tribute to the late director general, regarding him as \u201cthe ultimate fixer, a true gentleman, brilliant strategic thinker, [and] counciller to many.\u201d <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Carrard had contributed his expertise to several organizations, according to the newsletter, including the International Sports Press Association. AIPS President <strong>Gianni Merlo<\/strong> credited Francois Carrard for his huge effort to help the AIPS gain legal status in Lausanne in 2006 as well as his contribution to develop several programs, including the modernization of the AIPS Statutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFran\u00e7ois was a true friend who believed in us,\u201d Merlo said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) Director General Francois Carrard passed away on Sunday in Lausanne at the age of 83.\u00a0 \u00a0 Carrard was the first to hold the position in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":495229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[62061,10],"tags":[1090,893,36537],"class_list":["post-495228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries","category-world","tag-francois-carrard","tag-ioc","tag-thomas-bach"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Francois Carrard, Former IOC Director General Dies at 83<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Passages: Francois Carrard, Former IOC Director General Dies at 83. 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