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The International Paralympic Committee was established on the 22nd of September 1989 in Düsseldorf, West Germany. This meeting unified four separate organizations that previously managed different aspects of disabled sports.
Andrew Parsons serves as President of the International Paralympic Committee following elections held on the 12th of December 2021. He leads a Governing Board consisting of fourteen members responsible for oversight between General Assembly meetings.
The headquarters of the International Paralympic Committee sits in Bonn, Germany where the organization maintains its democratic constitution. Representatives from one hundred eighty-five National Paralympic Committees participate in decision-making processes alongside eighteen international federations and three disability-specific organizations.
The Lillehammer Winter Paralympics became the first to be organized under International Paralympic Committee control by 1994. This shift aligned the games with a revised four-year schedule matching the Winter Olympics after the inaugural event occurred in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden during February 1976.
The International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee signed an agreement ensuring automatic inclusion of Paralympic staging within Olympic bids in June 2001. A historic long-term extension signed in March 2018 established a partnership running until the Brisbane 2032 Games.