Jean-Claude Colliard (born March 15, 1946) is a French academic and senior public servant.
He is a former member of the Constitutional Council of France (from 1998 to 2007),[1] and is now chancellor of Unversité Panthéon Sorbonne Paris 1, France's top secondary institution.[2] He was Chief of Staff for President François Mitterrand from 1982 to 1988.[3] 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.