| Francis Kalifat | |
| Birth Place: | Oran, Algeria |
| Education: | Lycée Hoche |
| Alma Mater: | University of Paris-Sud |
| Occupation: | Businessman, philanthropist |
Francis Kalifat (born 1952) is a French businessman and philanthropist. He is the president-elect of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France, the umbrella organization for Jewish organisations in France.
Francis Kalifat was born in 1952 to a Jewish family in Oran, French Algeria.[1] [2] He moved to Paris in 1962, at the end of the Algerian War.[2] He grew up in Trappes, followed by Versailles.[2]
Kalifat was educated at the Lycée Hoche.[2] He graduated from University of Paris-Sud.[2]
Kalifat started his own business, a shoe company, at the age of 22.[2] He still runs the company.[1]
Kalifat volunteered for the Betar as a teenager.[1]
Kalifat joined the CRIF in 1984.[2] He was elected as its treasurer in 2002,[2] and as its vice president in 2013.[3] Kalifat was elected as the president of the CRIF in May 2016.[1] During his tenure, he wants to ban Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) in France.[1]