Bernard Cerquiglini

Bernard Cerquiglini
Rector of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
In office 2007–2015
Preceded by	Michèle Gendreau-Massaloux
Succeeded by	Jean-Paul de Gaudemar
President of Observatoire national de la lecture
In office 2001–2004
Preceded by	Jacques Friedel
Succeeded by	Erik Orsenna
General Delegation for the French language and the languages of France
In office 2001–2004
Preceded by	Anne Magnant
Succeeded by	Xavier North
Personal details
Born	8 April 1947 Lyon, France
Education	École normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud
Profession	Linguist
Awards	Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (1993), Prix Georges-Dumézil (1997), Officier de la Légion d'honneur (2013)

Bernard Cerquiglini (born 8 April 1947 in Lyon, France),^[1] is a French linguist.

A Graduate of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, having received an agrégé and a doctorate in letters, he was a teacher of linguistics in University of Paris VII, former director of the National Institute for the French language, former vice-president of the Conseil supérieur de la langue française and president of the French National Reading Observatory. In 1995 Bernard Cerquiglini joined the Oulipo. He was in charge of a governmental studies on a French orthography reform and about national languages in France. He received the title Doctor Honoris Causa at ULIM.