Henri de Baillet-Latour, a Belgian count (1876-1942), was the third president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), serving from 1925 until his death. His career in the Olympic movement began in 1903 as an IOC member for Belgium, and he was one of the founders of the Belgian Olympic Committee in 1906. His main organizational achievement was overseeing the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, which were held under difficult conditions in the immediate post-World War I period. During his presidency, succeeding Pierre de Coubertin, he faced complex challenges such as the Great Depression and, most notably, the controversial 1936 Berlin Games. On that occasion, he opposed boycotts but worked to ensure that the Nazi regime respected, at least formally, the Olympic Charter. His tenure is recognized for consolidating the structure of the IOC and guiding it through one of the most turbulent periods in modern history, preserving the integrity of the movement despite immense political and economic pressures.