Édouard Geffray
French civil servant and politician (born 1978)
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Édouard Jean Gabriel Geffray (French pronunciation: [edwaʁ ʒefʁɛ]; born 2 October 1978) is a French senior civil servant and politician who has served as minister of national education in the second government of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu since 2025.[1] From 2019 to 2024, he served as director general of school education.[2]
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2 October 1978
Édouard Geffray | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Minister of National Education | |
| Assumed office 12 October 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Sébastien Lecornu |
| Preceded by | Élisabeth Borne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Édouard Jean Gabriel Geffray 2 October 1978 Épinay-sur-Seine, France |
| Party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Paris-Sorbonne University Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
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.[4] In this capacity, he submitted to the government a report on film education in schools in September 2025.
In October 2025, he was appointed Minister of National Education.
