Bernard Amsalem (born 1951 in
Saida, Algeria) is a
French organizer of
athletics
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. He was
vice-president
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of the
French Athletics Federation
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History
FFA is the heir to the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA), ...
from 1997 to 2001, and is now the
president
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since 2001.
Amsalem was vice-president of the
French Olympic Committee
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from 2001 to 2009, and was head of the French delegation to the 2012 Olympics. He was founder and president of the Francophone Athletics Federation, and has been a member of the board of the
International Association of Athletics Federations
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since 2011. He served as president of
Meeting Areva
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in
Saint-Denis, France in 2008.
He was promoted to the rank of Officer of the
Legion of Honour
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on December 31, 2012.
A member of the
Socialist Party
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, he was mayor of the
new town of
Val-de-Reuil
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from 1981 to 2001.
References
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French sports executives and administrators
Socialist Party (France) politicians
1951 births
French sportspeople of Algerian descent
Athletics (track and field) administrators
Living people
People from Saïda