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French Bridge Federation

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The French Bridge Federation (French: Fédération Française de Bridge - FFB) is the national organization for bridge in France. The president is Patrick Grenthe and the treasurer is Guy Auer. There are also three vice-presidents and 29 regional committees, whose chairmen compose a federation council (conseil fédéral). The headquarters of the French Bridge Federation is in Saint-Cloud, near Paris. It was founded in 1933 and is the third largest bridge federation in the world with over 100,000 members.

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The federation also organizes the French Bridge Championship (Championnat de France de bridge).

Organisation

  • President: Patrick Grenthe
  • Vice-president (Communications, development, marketing): Patrick Bogacki
  • Vice-president (competitions, international): Jean-Daniel Chalet
  • Vice-president (Bridge university): Pierre Saguet
  • Treasurer: Guy Auer
  • General secretary: Patern Henry

    • The president, the vice-presidents, and the general secretary are elected to 4-year terms.

    French bridge players

  • Pierre Albarran, player and theorist
  • Jean-Daniel Chalet, vice-president of the French Bridge Federation
  • Pierre Jaïs, world champion
  • Michel Lebel, world champion
  • Philippe Soulet, world champion
  • Roger Trézel, world champion

    • References

    French Bridge Federation Wikipedia
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