Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

Francophonie is an international organization of politics and governments with French as the main language. The countries have a large number of people who are francophones (French speakers), or where there is a notable affiliation with the French language or culture.

Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (La Francophonie)
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Anthem: Ode to Joy
Motto "Égalité, complémentarité, solidarité"[1] "Equality, complementarity, solidarity" a
Members of and participants in La Francophonie. In addition to countries, Belgian and Canadian subdivisional memberships are also represented.
Headquarters	Paris, France
Official languages	French
Membership	56 member states 3 associate members 20 observers
Leaders
• Executive Secretary	Louise Mushikiwabo (since 2019)
• APF General Secretary	Jacques Legendre
Establishment
• Conference of Niamey	20 March 1970
Area
• Total	28,223,184 km2 (10,897,032 sq mi)
Population
• 2013 estimate	~ 1 billion
• Density	34.36/km2 (89.0/sq mi)
Website francophonie.org
Deliberately alluding to France's motto.

It used to be called the Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) or the International Organization of the Francophonie.^[2] There are 56 member states and governments, 3 associate members, and 19 observers. The modern organization was created in 1970. Its motto is "equality, complementarity, and solidarity". Its present Secretary General is Louise Mushikiwabo since 2019

French geographer Onésime Reclus made the word Francophonie in 1880. It is used to refer to the community of people and countries using the French language.