The International Federation of Actors (french: Federation Internationale des Acteurs, FIA) is a
global union federation
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bringing together trade unions representing actors.
History
The federation was established in 1952, on the initiative of British Actors' Equity Association, and the Syndicat Français des Artistes-Inteprètes. The organisation's logo was designed by
Jean Cocteau
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World Federation of Trade Unions
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, and as such, by the 1980s, it represented both unions in capitalist countries, and in communist countries.
In 1997, the organisation affiliated to the International Arts and Entertainment Alliance.Verity Burgmann, ''Globalization and Labour in the Twenty-First Century'', pp.122-123
Leadership
General Secretaries
:1952: Pierre Chesnais
:1968:
Rolf Rembe
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Born in Sövde, Rembe studied at the University of Lund, training as a school teacher. While at the university, he became president of Stude ...
:1974:
Gerald Croasdell
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Croasdell grew up in Hampstead, and then studied law at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was President of the Cambridge Union in Lent term 1937, and was ...
:1983:
Rolf Rembe
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Born in Sövde, Rembe studied at the University of Lund, training as a school teacher. While at the university, he became president of Stude ...
:1991: Michael Crosby
:1996: Katherine Sand
:2001: Dominick Luquer
Presidents
:1952:
Jean Darcante
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:1958:
Fernand Gravey
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:1964:
Rodolfo Landa
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:1967: Vlastimil Fisar
:1970: Pierre Boucher
:1973: France Delahalle
:1982: Peter Heinz Kersten
:1992:
Tomas Bolme
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:2008:
Agnete Haaland
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She was born in Bergen, and is a daughter of actress Anne Gullestad.
From 2000 to 2011 she chaired the Norwegian Ac ...
:2012: Ferne Downey
:2021:
Gabrielle Carteris
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In 2012, Carte ...