The Fédération Française d'Etudes et de Sports Sous Marins (FFESSM) is the main diver training organization of France and was formed in 1955. It has 160,000 members and consists of 2200 clubs. It is one of the founding members of the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS, World Confederation of Underwater Activities). The other French federation is the Fédération Sportive et Gymnique du Travail (FSGT). In France, there are two associations of professional instructors: the Association Nationale des Moniteurs de Plongée (ANMP)—which founded the European Committee of Professional Diving Instructors (CEDIP)—and the Société Nationale des Moniteurs de Plongée (SNMP).
[edit] Presidents of the FFESSM
- Honorary president: Commandant Jacques-Yves Cousteau
- Founding president: Jean Flavien Borelli (1955–1956)
- Elie Ferat (1956–1965)
- Jacques Dumas (1965–1968 and 1972–1977)
- Henry Ducommun (1968–1972)
- Pierre Perraud (1977–1980)
- Bernard Dargaud (1980–1993)
- Francis Imbert (1993–2001)
- Roland Blanc (since 2001)
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