Trade Union International of Banks, Insurance and Financial Unions Employees

The Trade Union International of Banks, Insurance and Financial Unions Employees (BIFU) is a trade union international for workers in the banking and insurance sector affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions.

The union was founded at a conference in New Delhi February 24-5, 2011. Its General Secretary is C.H. Venkatachalam of the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA).^[1]^[2] In 2021, its president was Likhtarovitch Alexander.^[3]

v t e World Federation of Trade Unions
General Secretaries	Louis Saillant (1945–1968) Pierre Gensous (1969–1978) Enrique Pastorino (1978–1980) Ibrahim Zakaria (1980–1990) Alexander Zharikov (1990–2005) George Mavrikos (2005–2022) Pambis Kyritsis (2022–present)
Presidents	Walter Citrine (1945–1946) Arthur Deakin (1946–1949) Giuseppe Di Vittorio (1949–1959) Agostino Novella (1959–1961) Renato Bitossi (1961–1969) Enrique Pastorino (1969–1975) Sándor Gáspár (1975–1989) Indrajit Gupta (1989–1990) Ibrahim Zakaria (1990–1994) Antonio Neto (1994–2000) K. L. Mahendra (2000–2005) Shaban Assouz (2005–2016) Mzwandile Makwayiba (2016–current)
Affiliated national centres	Bangladesh BTUC Bolivia COB Cuba CTC Greece PAME India AITUC – CITU Indonesia KASBI Iran Workers' House Japan Zenroren DPR Korea GFTUK Palestine GUPW Perú CGTP Spain Intersindical-CSC – CIG – LAB Senegal FGTS South Africa COSATU Sudan SWTUF Syria GFTU Vietnam VGCL
Affiliated unions	Guyana GAWU South Africa NEHAWU UK RMT
Trade Union Internationals	Agroalimentary, Food, Commerce, Textile and Allied Banks, Insurance and Financial Building, Wood, Building Materials and Allied Chemical, Energy, Metal, Oil and Allied Mining, Metallurgy and Metal Pensioners and Retired Persons Public Service and Allied Teachers Textile-Garment-Leather Tourism and Hotels Transport

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