The Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and its Member Biographies updated 11 January

Philippe Cuvillier
2003-2007
Mr Philippe Cuvillier was a member of the Standing Commission between December 2003
and November 2007. Having been a member of the French Red Cross since 1996,
Ambassador Cuvillier rose to become a member of the Governing Board as well as the
Chairman of the Committee of the Board for International Relations and Operations.
Internationally, he was also involved in the Movement. In 2002, he chaired a think-tank on
the reform of the Red Cross European Union Office and later in 2002 assumed the
Presidency of the same office. Outside the Movement, Phillipe Cuvillier had an illustrious
career, serving as a Diplomat for the French government since 1957. He was Ambassador to
Egypt (1981-1985), Morocco (1985-1987), Brazil (1987-1989), Switzerland (1989-1991) and
Italy (1991-1993). He had a Masters in English from the University of Sorbonne, a Masters in
Political Science from the Institute of Political Science and was a graduate of the National
Administration Institute. He was born on October 17th, 1930 in Paris and passed away in
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