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:
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History
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* 1887–1893:
Patrice de Mac-Mahon
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* 1893–1897:
Duc d'Aumale
* 1897–1903:
Léopold Davout d'Auerstaedt
* 1903–1916:
Melchior de Vogüé
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Biography
Born in Paris as the eldest son of Léonce de Vogüé, Melchior de Vogüé wa ...
* 1916–1918:
Louis Renault
* 1918–1932:
Paul Pau
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He took part in the Franco-Prussian War, suffering the loss of his low ...
* 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
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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
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* 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
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* 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
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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
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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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