| Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency Dr. |
| Jean Brihault | |
| Office: | 3rd Honorary President of European Handball Federation |
| Term Start: | 17 November 2016 |
| President: | Michael Wiederer  |
| Vicepresident: | Predrag Bošković  |
| Predecessor: | Tor Lian  |
| Office2: | 3rd President of European Handball Federation |
| Term Start2: | 22 June 2012 |
| Term End2: | 17 November 2016 |
| 1Blankname2: | Honorary President |
| 1Namedata2: | Tor Lian |
| Vicepresident2: | Arne Elovsson  |
| Predecessor2: | Tor Lian |
| Successor2: | Michael Wiederer |
| Office3: | Vice-President of European Handball Federation |
| Term Start3: | 18 December 2004 |
| Term End3: | 22 June 2012 |
| President3: | Tor Lian |
| Predecessor3: | Tor Lian |
| Successor3: | Arne Elovsson |
| Office4: | President of University of Rennes 2 |
| Term Start4: | 15 March 1996 |
| Term End4: | 1 March 2001 |
| Predecessor4: | André Lespagnol |
| Successor4: | François Mouret |
| Birth Date: | 4 June 1947 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Education: | Doctorate |
| Alma Mater: | University of Rennes 2 |
| Occupation: | Sports administrator, Professor |
Jean Brihault is a professor at the University of Rennes 2 which he holds as position of president [1] from 1996 to 2001. Alongside his teaching activities, he held executive positions in the world of handball. He was the president of European Handball Federation[2] and the vice-president of International Handball Federation from 2012 to 2016.
In 1969 he obtained a degree in English language and general license. In 1970 he obtained an English mastery on research topic "The New Irish Question" and the theoretical CAPES. He obtained the aggregation in 1971. He obtained a doctorate in the research subject "Lady Morgan and Ireland" in the year 1985. His research director is Professor Jean Noel.
On March 15, 1996 he was elected as president of the University of Rennes 2, a position he occupied until March 1, 2001.
Parallel to his teaching activities, he plays handball at the Cercle Paul Bert in Rennes at the position of center back, before arbitrating a thousand matches then become leader within the French Handball Federation. In 2006 he was elected vice-president of the European Handball Federation by appearing alongside Norwegian Tor Lian, and participates in the organization of many European Handball Championships, the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship. He became president of the European Handball Federation on 22 June 2012.
Brihault was awarded the title of Knight of the Legion of Honor in February 2004.