Claude Silberzahn

{{Short description|French civil servant (1935–2020)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Claude Silberzahn

| image = Claude Silberzahn.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|03|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mulhouse, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|4|18|1935|3|18|df=y}}

| death_place = Simorre, France

| nationality = French

| occupation = Civil Servant

}}

Claude Silberzahn (18 March 1935 – 18 April 2020) was a French high civil servant.

Silberzahn was Prefect of French Guiana (1982–84), of Seine-Maritime (1985-86, with jurisdiction over the region of Haute-Normandie) and Doubs (1986–89, with jurisdiction over the region of Franche-Comté).

He was Director-General of DGSE, the French external intelligence agency, from 23 March 1989 to 7 June 1993.

He was mayor of Simorre, a village in Gers department, from 2001 to 2014.

He died on 18 April 2020.{{cite web|title=Mort de Claude Silberzahn, directeur général de la DGSE de 1989 à 1993|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/editos-du-point/jean-guisnel/mort-de-claude-silberzahn-directeur-general-de-la-dgse-de-1989-a-1993--18-04-2020-2371967_53.php|last=Guisnel|first=Jean|language=fr|date=2020-04-18}}