Didier Lauras is a graduate of CELSA (Sorbonne University, Paris) and holder of a Master’s degree in political science. He began his journalism career as a freelance journalist in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in 1993. He joined AFP in 1996 as a desk editor in Paris and was sent to the Agency’s Kigali bureau in 1997, three years after the Rwandan genocide, he then covered the courts for the General News Department.

Didier has spent a large part of his career in Asia, serving as Bureau Chief both in Hanoi (2002 to 2007) and Bangkok (2009 to 2013). After returning to Paris, he served as deputy sports editor and then as Chief Editor for France. He was appointed head of global sport department in August 2015.