Gérard Biard

Gérard Biard (born 4 August 1959) is a French journalist. He is the editor‑in‑chief of the satirical French news magazine, Charlie Hebdo.^[1]

Gérard Biard
Born	(1959-01-04) 4 January 1959 (age 66) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	Journalist, editor
Known for	Editor in chief of Charlie Hebdo

He has been associated with Charlie Hebdo since 1992, when it was relaunched after a 10-year hiatus.^[2] He was in London for a conference when Charlie Hebdo's Paris office was targeted in a January 2015 terrorist attack.^[3]

In May 2015, Biard and film critic Jean-Baptiste Thoret accepted the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award on behalf of Charlie Hebdo.^[4]

Biard is strongly in favour of secularism. In October 2014 he participated in a conference of the French feminist organization Regards de femmes on the topic.^[5] He is a founder and spokesperson for Zéromacho, an organization of men "against prostitution and for equality".^[6][7]