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| Formation | 2003 |
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| Legal status | Law of 1901 |
| Purpose | Conserve, protect and place in value the historic patrimony of the French Foreign Legion |
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Membership | 1,000 (2010) |
President | général Le Flem |
Vice-President | Médecin general Prevot |
Key people | général Commandant French Foreign Legion |
Budget | Endowments Donations - Contributions |
| Website | SAMLE |
| Remarks | French Foreign Legion Museum Support |
The Society of Friends of the French Foreign Legion Museum (French : Société des Amis du Musée de la Légion étrangère, SAMLE) is a French association of the association law type of 1901 (French : Association loi de 1901 ), created in 2003. Without being attached to the French Foreign Legion, the society participates to the support of the Museum. The society is composed of volunteers.
The French Foreign Legion Museum situated in Aubagne, France, represents the history and "arms history" accomplishments of the French Foreign Legion throughout the course of various collections and expositions. The museum welcomes numerous visitors, as well as scholars and temporary expositions.
French is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the spoken Latin in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien) has largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the (Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French.
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- Founding members: Général Le Flem, Général Liège, Major Remy, Adjudants-chef Szecsko and Adjudant-chef Bickel.
- An administrative council, composed of 15 members elected renewable by tiers, every 3 years, administer the association.
- The général Commandant the French Foreign Legion is the right Ex officio member (French : membre de droit). He has the right of veto over the decisions taken in general assembly or administrative council.
- The chief of the patrimony and awareness division of the French Foreign Legion and the curator of the Museum, placed under his orders, are consultative members.
Général is the French word for general. There are two main categories of generals: the general officers, which are the highest-ranking commanding officers in the armed forces, and the specialist officers with flag rank, which are high-level officers in the other uniformed services.
The Foreign Legion Command (official) is the Command of the French Foreign Legion. Command (COMLE) is led by a French general, a Legion officer. On another hand, command (COMLE) also includes the general staff headquarters of the foreign legion command (official), led by another senior officer, chief of the general staff headquarters of the foreign legion command (official). As of 2017, the general staff headquarters of the foreign legion command includes several divisions related to the functioning of the Legion. The general staff headquarters of the foreign legion command has adopted various inspecting, grouping, and commanding designations since 1931 and has been designated officially as C.O.M.L.E since 1984. The Général de division commanding the Legion, also known as Father of the Legion or Foreign Legion Command Chief (official) is a direct subordinate of the Chief of Staff of the French Army (C.E.M.A.T). The Division Général is also the technical counselor commanding for the ensemble related to the Legion.
An ex officio member is a member of a body who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term ex officio is Latin, meaning literally "from the office", and the sense intended is "by right of office"; its use dates back to the Roman Republic.
