Nationality French | Name Jean-Claude Colliard | |
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Died March 27, 2014, Paris, France | ||
Occupation AcademicCivil servant | ||
Jean-Claude Colliard (March 15, 1946 – March 27, 2014) was a French academic and senior public servant.
Colliard was born in Paris. He graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (SciencesPo), and obtained a Ph.D. in law from the University of Paris. He also held an agrégation in Public Law and Political Science.
He was a member of the Constitutional Council of France (from 1998 to 2007), and later was the chancellor of Université Panthéon Sorbonne Paris 1, France's top secondary institution. He was Chief of Staff for President François Mitterrand from 1982 to 1988. He was Chief of Staff to Laurent Fabius, President of the National Assembly from 1988 to 1992.
He was a recognized specialist in Comparative Government. He was director of the Department of Political Science at University Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne in 1995. He died on March 27, 2014, aged 68.
