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| Abbreviation | FIFe |
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| Formation | 1949 |
| Founders | Marguerite Ravel |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Members | 42 in 40 countries |
President | Annette Sjödin |
Vice President | Veikko Saarela |
| Annette Sjödin, Veikko Saarela, Eric Reijers, Charles Spijker, Jürg Keller-Friskovec, Karl Preiss | |
| Website | fifeweb |
Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFé) (lit. 'International Feline Federation') is afederation offelidae animals (mainlycats). The federation currently has 42 members from 40 countries.[1]FIFé is one of the nine members of theWorld Cat Congress.[2]
It was founded by "French cat-loverMadame Marguérite Miggy Ravel" in 1949.[3]
The federation was unofficially started in 1949 inParis, France, at a meeting between theFédération Féline Française (French Cat Federation), theRoyal Cat Society of Flanders, and theAssociazione Nazionale Felina Italiana (Italian National Feline Association).[4] At the organisation's first general assembly, inGhent, Belgium, the federation was officially founded. For the occasion, all participants received a cat shaped statuette, in pink sandstone, that Marguerite Ravel had commissioned from the sculptorJan Martel.[5]
The original name wasFédération Internationale Féline d'Europe (FIFE). In 1972, theBrazilian Cat Club (Portuguese:Clube Brasileiro do Gato) joined, making it necessary to change theEuro-centric name of the federation. Thed'Europe (lit. 'of Europe') was dropped, and the abbreviation was changed to FIFé.[5]
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Argentina (1988)
Austria (1950) Austria (1979)
Belgium (1949)
Bulgaria (2006)
Brazil (1972)
Belarus (1994)
Switzerland (1949)
China (2018)
Colombia (2009)
Czech Republic (1968)
Germany (1951)
Denmark (1950)
Estonia (1994)
Spain (1978)
Finland (1961)
France (1949)
United Kingdom (2005)
Greece (1999)
Croatia (1994)
Hungary (2008)
Indonesia (2007)
Iceland (1995)
Italy (1949)
Liechtenstein (1981)
Lithuania (1994)
Latvia (1995)
Luxembourg (1983)
Moldova (2015)
Mexico (1982)
Malaysia (1985)
Netherlands (1949) Netherlands (1979)
Norway (1951)
Poland (2007)
Portugal (1987)
Romania (2007)
Russia (1989)
Slovenia (1981)
Slovakia (1993)
Sweden (1955)
Ukraine (1998)FIFé currently recognizes 48 official breeds of cat for championship competitions. All breeds are divided into four categories and identified with a three-letter code, according to the Easy Mind System (EMS), used by FIFé and all its members to easily identify cats by alphanumeric codes.[6]
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