Gilbert Collard

Gilbert Collard intrigues me as a man of many tongues, in every sense. Born in Marseille in 1948, he moved from barrister to author to politician, eventually serving in the European Parliament. I find the through-line compelling: the lawyer uses language to defend, the politician uses it to persuade, and Collard has lived both. His Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres signals genuine cultural grounding beneath the political combat. He is plainly a divisive figure, but he is also someone who states his position without hedging. He strikes me as a man who runs hot, for better and worse.

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Name (English)

Gilbert Collard

Name (Japanese)

ジルベール・コラール

Reading

じるべーる・こらーる

Born

February 3, 1948 (age 78)

Origin

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Occupation

politician / lawyer / writer / jurist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rat

University

Panthéon-Assas University Paris

Awards & achievements

• Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

• Official sitehttp://www.gilbertcollard.fr
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/gilbert_collard/
• Xhttps://x.com/GilbertCollard
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Collard
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1922673

Tags

• Bouches-du-Rhône
• politician
• lawyer
• writer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.