Claude Silberzahn (18 March 1935 â 18 April 2020) was a French high civil servant.
Silberzahn was Prefect of French Guiana (1982âÂÂ84), of Seine-Maritime (1985-86, with jurisdiction over the region of Haute-Normandie) and Doubs (1986âÂÂ89, 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.