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The 'Fédération équestre internationale' (commonly known as the FEI, or in English as 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 is not concerned with 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.

Contents

History

Presidents

Rules

References

External links

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.

Presidents

There have been 12 different presidents of the organization, serving 13 individual terms. Major Jhkr Karl F. Quarles van Ufford is the only 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–

Rules

See Concours de Saut International for rules on show jumping

See Concours Complet International for rules on eventing

Also see each individual sport

References

1. The FEI Code of Conduct for the Welfare of the Horse
2. Successive FEI Presidents

External links

★ Official site