The French Red Cross (french: Croix-Rouge française), or the CRF, is the national
Red Cross Society in France founded in 1864 and originally known as the ''Société française de secours aux blessés militaires'' (SSBM). Recognized as a public utility since 1945, the French Red Cross is one of the 191 national societies of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It has more than 62,000 volunteers and 17,000 employees.
History
Leaders
;Société de Secours aux blessés militaires (SSBM)
* 1864–1869:
Anatole de Montesquiou-Fezensac
* 1869–1870:
Charles-Marie-Augustin de Goyon
* 1870–1873:
Maurice de Flavigny
* 1873–1886:
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History
In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Lordship of Nemours, in the Gatinais, France, was a possession of ...
* 1887–1893:
Patrice de Mac-Mahon
* 1893–1897:
Duc d'Aumale
The County of Aumale, later elevated to a duchy, was a medieval fief in Normandy. It was disputed between England and France during parts of the Hundred Years' War.
Aumale in Norman nobility
Aumale was a medieval fief in the Duchy of Normandy and ...
* 1897–1903:
Léopold Davout d'Auerstaedt
* 1903–1916:
Melchior de Vogüé
Charles-Jean-Melchior de Vogüé (18 October 182910 November 1916) was a French archaeologist, diplomat, and member of the Académie française in seat 18.
Biography
Born in Paris as the eldest son of Léonce de Vogüé, Melchior de Vogüé was ...
* 1916–1918:
Louis Renault
* 1918–1932:
Paul Pau
* 1932–1940:
Edmond de Lillers
;Comité des Dames de la Société de Secours aux blessés militaires (CDSSBM)
* 1867–1869: Madame la maréchale Niel
* 1869–1883: Comtesse de Flavigny
* 1883–1889: Princesse Czartoriska (fille du duc de Nemours)
* 1889–1898:
Élisabeth de Mac Mahon
* 1898–1907: Duchesse de Reggio
* 1907–1923: Comtesse d'Haussonville
* 1923–1926: Magdeleine Guillemin (1853-1930),
marquise de Montebello
* 1926–1939:
Inès de Bourgoing
* 1939–1940: Mlle d'Haussonville
;Association des Dames de France (ADF)
* 1879: Dr. Duchaussoy.
Vice-President:
Coralie Cahen.
* 1880–1906: Countess Foucher de Careil
* 1907–1913: Madame l'amirale Jaurès
* 1913–1925: Madame Ernest Carnot
* 1925–1940: Comtesse de Galard
* From 1940: Madame Maurice de Wendel
;Union des Femmes de France (UFF)
* 1881–1906: Madame Koechlin Schwartz
* 1906–1921: Madame Suzanne Pérouse
* 1921–1927: Madame Henri Galli
* 1927–1938: Madame Barbier Hugo
* 1938–1940:
Madeleine Saint-René Taillandier
;French Red Cross
* 1940–1941: Pr.
Louis Pasteur Vallery-Radot
* 1941–1942: Pr. Bazy
* 1942–1944:
Gabriel de Mun
* 1944–1945:
Jacques de Bourbon Busset
* 1945: Pr. Louis Justin Besançon (vice-president)
Louis Milliot)
* 1946–1947: Médecin Général Inspecteur Sice
* 1947–1955: Georges Brouardel
* 1955–1967:
André François-Poncet
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* 1967–1969:
Raymond Debenedetti
* 1969–1978: Marcellin Carraud
* 1979–1983: Jean-Marie Soutou
* 1984–1989:
Louis Dauge
* 1989–1992:
Georgina Dufoix
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Laurent Fabius (; born 20 August 194 ...
* 1992—1994: André Delaude
* 1994–1997:
Pierre Consigny
* 1997–2003: Pr.
Marc Gentilini
* 2004–2013: Pr.
Jean-François Mattei
* 2013-2021: Pr.
Jean-Jacques Eledjam
* 2021-2022:
Philippe Da Costa
References
External links
French Red Cross - IFRCOfficial Red Cross Web Site
Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies
1864 establishments in France
Organizations established in 1864
Medical and health organizations based in France
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