Cannes Film Festival
Festival team
The President of the Festival, who represents the Festival in front of its financial partners, the public authorities and the media, is elected by the board of directors of the Festival, officially named the "French Association of the Film Festival".

Cannes Film Festival

Section Title: Festival team
Table Section Text: The President of the Festival, who represents the Festival in front of its financial partners, the public authorities and the media, is elected by the board of directors of the Festival, officially named the "French Association of the Film Festival".

Year	President	General Delegate	General Secretary

1949	–	–	Jean Touzet

1952	Robert Favre Le Bret

1972	Robert Favre Le Bret	Maurice Bessy

1978	Gilles Jacob

1984	Pierre Viot

1985	Michel P. Bonnet

1991	François Erlenbach

2001	Gilles Jacob	General Director Véronique Cayla	Artistic Delegate Thierry Frémaux

2005	Catherine Démier

2007	Thierry Frémaux

2014	Pierre Lescure

2017

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In 1972, Robert Favre Le Bret was the President and Maurice Bessy, the General Delegate.

final_sentence: In 1972, Robert Favre Le Bret was the President and Maurice Bessy, the General Delegate.