International Federation for Equestrian Sports

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The Fédération Équestre Internationale (commonly known as the FEI) or in English, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, is the international governing body of equestrian (horse) sports. Recognized competition disciplines include; dressage, combined driving, endurance riding, eventing, para-equestrianism, reining, show jumping, and vaulting. It also recognizes tent pegging and horseball as regional equestrian disciplines. It does not govern or provide rules for horse racing or polo. It has organized the FEI World Equestrian Games quadrenially (every four years) since 1990.

The FEI headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland.

An FEI code of conduct ^[1] protects the welfare of the horses from physical abuse or doping.

1 History
2 Presidents
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The FEI was formed in 1921 with the joining of the national organizations of Belgium (BEL), Denmark (DEN), France (FRA), Italy (ITA), Japan (JAP), Norway (NOR), Sweden (SWE) and the United States of America (USA). Today, there are 314 National Organizations who are affiliated with the FEI, the newest members being Cameroon and Madagascar, who joined in 2005.

[edit] Presidents

There have been 12 different presidents of the organization, serving 13 individual terms. Major Jhkr Karl F. Quarles van Ufford is the only individual to have served twice.^[2]

#	President	Term
1	Baron du Teil	1921–1927
2	General Gerrit Johannes Maris	1927–1929
3	Major Jhkr Karl F. Quarles van Ufford	1929–1931
4	General Guy V. Henry	1931–1935
5	Baron Max Von Holzing-Bertstett	1935–1936
6	Major Jhkr Karl F. Quarles van Ufford	1936–1939
7	Magnus Rydman	1939–1946
8	Baron Gaston de Trannoy	1946–1954
9	HRH Bernard, Prince of the Netherlands	1954–1964
10	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	1964–1986
11	HRH The Princess Royal	1986–1994
12	HRH La Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz	1994–2006
13	HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein	2006–