The French Bridge Federation ( – ''FFB'') is the national organization for

bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...

in France. The president is Patrick Grenthe and the treasurer is Guy Auer. There are also three vice-presidents and 29 regional committees, whose chairmen compose a federation council (''conseil fédéral''). The headquarters of the French Bridge Federation is in

Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud () is a French commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthie ...

, near Paris. It was founded in 1933 and is the third largest bridge federation in the world with over 100,000 members. The federation also organizes the French Bridge Championship (''Championnat de France de bridge'').

Organisation

* President: Patrick Grenthe * Vice-president (Communications, development, marketing): Patrick Bogacki * Vice-president (competitions, international): Jean-Daniel Chalet * Vice-president (Bridge university): Pierre Saguet * Treasurer: Guy Auer * General secretary: Patern Henry The president, the vice-presidents, and the general secretary are elected to 4-year terms.

French bridge players

Pierre Albarran Pierre Albarran (18 May 1893 – 24 February 1960) was a French people, French auction bridge, auction and contract bridge player and theorist, and a tennis player. It has been reported that he was born in the West Indies, and also in Chaville ...

, player and theorist * Jean-Daniel Chalet, vice-president of the French Bridge Federation *

Pierre Jaïs Pierre Jaïs (13 October 1913 – 24 June 1988) was a French bridge player and writer from Paris. He and his regular partner Roger Trézel were on the France team that won the inaugural World Team Olympiad in Turin, 1960, and they won the inaugura ...

, world champion * , world champion * Philippe Soulet, world champion *

Roger Trézel Roger Trézel (11 May 1918 – 3 November 1986)Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965'. Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. was a French bridge player and writer. He and his long-time regular partner Pierre Jaïs were the first two of ten player ...

, world champion

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Contract bridge governing bodies