Jean-Claude Colliard is a French academic and senior public servant.

He is a former member of the Constitutional Council of France

Constitutional Council of France

The Constitutional Council is the highest constitutional authority in France. It was established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958, and its duty is to ensure that the principles and rules of the constitution are upheld.Its main activity is to rule on whether proposed...

 (from 1998 to 2007), and is now chancellor of Unversité Panthéon Sorbonne Paris 1, France's top secondary institution. He was Chief of Staff for President François Mitterrand

François Mitterrand

François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was the 21st President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra, serving from 1981 until 1995. He is the longest-serving President of France and, as leader of the Socialist Party, the only figure from the left so far elected President...

from 1982 to 1988. He was Chief of Staff to Laurent Fabius, President of the National Assembly from 1988 to 1992.

He is a recognized specialist of Comparative Government. He was director of the Department of Political Science at University Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne in 1995.

He is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (SciencesPo), and a Ph.D. in law from the University of Paris. He holds an agrégation in Public Law and Political Science.