An alumnus of the Essayan and Mekhitaryan schools of Istanbul, Alexis Govciyan was appointed President of AGBU Europe on January 1, 2008. Director of the Institut Supérieur des Metiers  in France, he currently serves on the board of the National Fund for Promoting and Communicating on Crafts. He has actively contributed to France’s vote of the law recognizing the Armenian genocide. Mr. Govciyan is also President of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organisations in France (CCAF national) and a member of the religious association of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Mr. Govciyan has been awarded the Legion of Honour, the National Order of Merit and the Palmes Académiques medals. He is the author of a book entitled April 24: Testimony on the Recognition by France of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, published by Editions Cherche Midi in 2003. He was elected Councillor of Ile de France in 2010 and the first President of the friendship group between the region of Ile-de-France and Armenia.