Alain Frachon


Alain Frachon is a French journalist for Le Monde, France's centre-left newspaper of record, and the author of several books.

Early life

Alain Frachon was born in 1950. He graduated from the Centre [de Formation des Journalistes] in 1974.

Career

Frachon began his career at the Agence France-Presse, where he worked from 1975 to 1985. He was a foreign correspondent for Le Monde in Jerusalem and Washington, D.C. He succeeded Érik Izraelewicz as the interim editor-in-chief from November 2012 to March 2013.
Frachon is the author of several books.