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The French Red Cross (french: Croix-Rouge française), or the CRF, is the national
Red Cross Society The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the world's largest group of non-governmental organizations working on humanitarian aid, is composed of the following bodies: *The ''International Committee of the Red Cross'' (ICRC), a comm ...
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:
Duc de Nemours Duke of Nemours was a title in the Peerage of France. The name refers to Nemours in the Île-de-France region of north-central France. History In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Lordship of Nemours, in the Gatinais, France, was a possession of th ...
* 1887–1893:
Patrice de Mac-Mahon Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, marquis de MacMahon, duc de Magenta (; 13 June 1808 – 17 October 1893) was a French general and politician, with the distinction of Marshal of France. He served as Chief of State of France from 1873 to 1 ...
* 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 an ...
* 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 Paul Marie Cesar Gerald Pau, (29 November 1848, Montélimar – 2 January 1932) was a French soldier and general who served in the Franco-Prussian War and in World War I. He took part in the Franco-Prussian War, suffering the loss of his lower ...
* 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 Élisabeth de Mac Mahon née Elisabeth Charlotte Sophie de la Croix de Castries (13 February 1834 – 20 February 1900) was the wife of the President of France Patrice de MacMahon. Biography de la Croix de Castries was born in Paris in 1834, t ...
* 1898–1907: Duchesse de Reggio * 1907–1923: Comtesse d'Haussonville * 1923–1926: Magdeleine Guillemin (1853-1930), marquise de Montebello * 1926–1939:
Inès de Bourgoing Inès-Marie de Bourgoing, also Inès Fortoul, Inès Lyautey, (5 January 1862 – 9 February 1953) was a pioneering French nurse who served as president of the French Red Cross and established Red Cross nursing in Morocco. In recognition of her ex ...
* 1939–1940: Mlle d'Haussonville ;Association des Dames de France (ADF) * 1879: Dr. Duchaussoy. Vice-President:
Coralie Cahen Coralie Cahen (née Coralie Lévy; 21 June 1832 – 12 March 1899) was a French philanthropist and sculptor. Coralie Lévy was born in Nancy in 1832 to a French-Jewish family. At the age of 19 she married Mayer Cahen (1823–1866), a doctor at ...
. * 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 Madeleine may refer to: Common meanings *Madeleine (name), also Madeline, a feminine given name *Madeleine (cake), a traditional sweet cake from France *Mary Magdalene, also called the Madeleine Arts and entertainment * ''Madelein'' (1919 fi ...
;French Red Cross * 1940–1941: Pr.
Louis Pasteur Vallery-Radot Louis Pasteur Vallery-Radot (3 May 1886, Paris - 9 October 1970, Paris) was a French physician, biographer of his grandfather Louis Pasteur and editor of Pasteur's complete works. In 1936 he was elected as a member of the Académie Nationale d ...
* 1941–1942: Pr. Bazy * 1942–1944:
Gabriel de Mun In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek language, Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin language, Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic language, Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, transli ...
* 1944–1945:
Jacques de Bourbon Busset Jacques de Bourbon, Count de Busset (27 April 1912, Paris – 7 May 2001, Paris) was a French novelist, essayist and politician. He was elected to the Académie française on 4 June 1981. He was a senior member of the House of Bourbon-Busset. Bi ...
* 1945: Pr. Louis Justin Besançon (vice-president)
Louis Milliot Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (d ...
) * 1946–1947: Médecin Général Inspecteur Sice * 1947–1955: Georges Brouardel * 1955–1967:
André François-Poncet André François-Poncet (13 June 1887 – 8 January 1978) was a French politician and diplomat whose post as ambassador to Germany allowed him to witness first-hand the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, and the Nazi regime's prep ...
* 1967–1969:
Raymond Debenedetti Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...
* 1969–1978: Marcellin Carraud * 1979–1983: Jean-Marie Soutou * 1984–1989:
Louis Dauge Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (d ...
* 1989–1992:
Georgina Dufoix Georgina Dufoix (born Georgina Nègre on 16 February 1942) is a French politician, who served as Minister of Social Affairs and National Solidarity from 1984 to 1986, in the government of Laurent Fabius 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 Jean-François Mattei (born 14 January 1943) is a French doctor and politician. Medical career Jean-François Mattei is a professor of pediatrics and genetics. He served as the director of Genetics at the teaching hospital of Marseilles. He ...
* 2013-2021: Pr. Jean-Jacques Eledjam * 2021-2022:
Philippe Da Costa Philippe Da Costa (born December 7, 1962) served as the President of the World Scout Committee and as the ''Commissaire général'' (General Commissioner) of the Scouts de France from 1995 to 2002. He is currently the national president of the Fre ...


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 {{nonprofit-org-stub