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French Red Cross
Croix-Rouge française
FormationMay 25, 1864; 160 years ago (1864-05-25)
FounderHenri Dunant
PurposeHumanitarian Aid
HeadquartersParis, France
Region
France
President
Philippe Da Costa
Websitewww.croix-rouge.fr
Medal of the SSBM (1916)

The French Red Cross (French: Croix-Rouge française), or the CRF, is the national Red Cross Society 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.[1] Its network consists of 1,062 local offices, 108 departmental and territorial delegations and 634 social, medico-social and health establishments throughout France, including the overseas departments and territories.[2]

History

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Leaders

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Société de Secours aux blessés militaires (SSBM)
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
  • 1898–1907: Duchesse de Reggio
  • 1907–1923: Comtesse d'Haussonville
  • 1923–1926: Magdeleine Guillemin (1853-1930), marquise de Montebello[3]
  • 1926–1939: Inès de Bourgoing
  • 1939–1940: Mlle d'Haussonville
Association des Dames de France (ADF)
  • 1879: Dr. Duchaussoy.[4] 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

References

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  1. ^ "Assemblée Générale de la Société Française et Rapport Annuel". Bulletin International des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge. 42 (168): 227–229. October 1911. doi:10.1017/s1816968600023410. ISSN 1816-9686.
  2. ^ Croix-Rouge Française (2021-11-09). "Chiffres clés 2021" (pdf). Chiffres clés de la Croix-Rouge Française, rapport annuel (in French): 2.
  3. ^ "Notice no. LH/1472/43". Base Léonore (in French).
  4. ^ "Doctor Duchaussoy, Fondateur de l'Association des Dames Françaises par James Lignier". Library of Congress. 1919. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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