Mr André Siganos was appointed Director General of EduFrance on 10th November 2006 by the Agency’s board of directors, further to the
retirement of the previous Director, Mr Thierry Audric.
Mr Siganos is the
former President of the University of Grenoble 3 and has also occupied the position of
Cultural Counsellor in Tokyo. Before becoming Director General of EduFrance, André Siganos was the
deputy director of Scientific and Cultural Cooperation at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is also the author of important
books on literary theory, such as
Le Minotaure et son mythe (1993).