Arturas Poviliunas was elected the first President of the re-established NOC in 1992 and still holds the position. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the European Olympic Committees (EOC). The current Secretary-General is Petras Statuta.

Lithuanian athletes first participated in the Olympic Games on the 25th May 1924 in Paris, and then again in Amsterdam and St Moritz in 1928. A national team prepared for the Helsinki Olympics in 1940, but the outbreak of war made it impossible for Lithuania to participate. Lithuanian Olympic activities ceased during the period of Russian occupation and annexation. Lithuanians were able to participate in the Olympic Games only as part of the Soviet team.

In 1989, an agreement was signed between the NOC's of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia creating the Olympic Association of the Baltic States, which have functioned successfully during the recent political situation in the Baltic countries.

The Lithuanian NOC, which has just celebrated five years of re-establishment of its activities, is affiliated with the European Olympic Committees and the Association of National Olympic Committees.

Structure and Organization
The NOC consists of:

• Two representatives of national federations affiliated with international federations governing sports included on the programme of the Olympic Games.
• One representative of national federations affiliated with international federations recognized by the IOC but whose sports are not included on the programme of the Olympic Games.
• Olympic champions of national federations affiliated with authorized representatives in foreign countries, such as: Australia (Jurgis Jonavicius), the USA (Valdas Adamkum), Italy (Robertas Zulpa); Spain (Xavier Vinyals in Capdepon); Israel (Solomon Stolar).

Financial Resources
The following are the Lithuanian NOC's sources of finance:

Olifeja, an enterprise established in December 1992 and subordinated to the NOC, is responsible for administering sports lotteries, the proceeds of which go to the NOC and the Olympic Fund. The successful operations of the computerised on-line lottery Perlas and the instant lottery Olimpas have gained them nationwide acceptance.

Olifeja is affiliated with Aelle (The European Lotto and Lottery Association).

Antanas Muraska is the director of Olifeja; he is assisted by Donatas Kazlauskas.

A national sponsorship and partnership programme.

• IOC subsidies (Olympic Solidarity).
• The international TOP programme.
• An exclusive governmental subsidy for the Olympic Games.