The Conseil représentatif des associations noires de France (CRAN, "Representative Council of France's Black Associations") is a federation of African and Afro-Caribbean associations in France, created in November 2005.
Louis-Georges Tin est le nouveau président du CRAN
(in French) Respect Magazine, 22 November 2011
The first chairperson of CRAN was the Bénin
Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its po ...
-born Patrick Lozès, son of former Beninese Minister Gabriel Lozès, elected in 2005 and reelected in 2008. In November 2011 he was succeeded by the Martinique
Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...
-born Louis-Georges Tin
Louis-Georges Tin (born 1974) is a French academic, gay rights campaigner, and anti-racist activist. Tin is noted for initiating the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, now marked in over 130 countries across the world ...
, an LGBT activist.
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