Bernard Lapasset

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Bernard Lapasset ONZM
Lapasset in 2007
Chairman of the International Rugby Board
In office 1 January 2008 – 30 June 2016
Preceded by	Syd Millar
Succeeded by	Bill Beaumont
President of the French Rugby Federation
In office 14 December 1991 – 12 July 2008
Preceded by	Albert Ferrasse
Succeeded by	Pierre Camou
Personal details
Born	(1947-10-20)20 October 1947 Tarbes, France
Died	3 May 2023(2023-05-03) (aged 75) Louit, Hautes-Pyrénées, France

Bernard Lapasset ONZM (20 October 1947 – 3 May 2023) was a French rugby administrator who was Chairman of the World Rugby from 2008 to 2016. He previously served as President of the French Federation of Rugby Union from 1991 to May 2008, when Pierre Camou, then vice-president took over. He was also vice-chairman of the National Olympic Committee (CNOSF).

Lapasset played a critical role in France winning the hosting rights to the 2007 Rugby World Cup and its organisation and the introduction of rugby sevens into the Olympics for Rio 2016.^[1]