Édouard Geffray
Édouard Geffray | |
|---|---|
Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Minister of National Education | |
| Assumed office 12 October 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Sébastien Lecornu |
| Preceded by | Élisabeth Borne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 October 1978 |
Édouard Geffray (born 2 October 1978) is a French politician who has been serving as minister of national education in the government of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu since 2025.[1] From 2019 to 2024, he served as director general of school education.[2]
Career
In 2017, Geffray was appointed chief of staff to the Minister of Justice, François Bayrou. He was subsequently appointed Director-General of Human Resources at the Ministry of National Education and then, from 2019 onward, Director-General for School Education (DGESCO).[3] In this position, he worked, under the authority of the Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer, on the implementation of a reform of French high school degrees and the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in schools and, under that of Gabriel Attal, on the introduction of “needs-based groups” in lower secondary schools.
In 2021, Geffray was a candidate for the directorship of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po); the post eventually went to Mathias Vicherat.[4]
Having left the position of DGESCO in July 2024, Geffray returned to the Council of State in September 2024.[5] In this capacity, he submitted to the government a report on film education in schools in September 2025.
References
- ^ "Gouvernement de Sébastien Lecornu: Édouard Geffray, directeur général de l'Enseignement scolaire, est pressenti pour le poste de ministre de l'Éducation nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche" (in French). BFM TV. 12 October 2025.
- ^ "Gouvernement Lecornu II : voici qui est Édouard Geffray, le nouveau ministre de l'Éducation nationale". Actu.fr (in French). 12 October 2025.
- ^ Violaine Morin and Mattea Battaglia (25 July 2019), Edouard Geffray, de la DRH au poste de numéro 2 de l’éducation nationale Le Monde.
- ^ Caroline Beyer (13 October 2025), Énarque, n°2 rue de Grenelle pendant cinq ans... Qui est Édouard Geffray, le nouveau ministre de l’Éducation nationale ? Le Figaro.
- ^ Caroline Beyer (13 October 2025), Énarque, n°2 rue de Grenelle pendant cinq ans... Qui est Édouard Geffray, le nouveau ministre de l’Éducation nationale ? Le Figaro.