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Christine Ockrent

Christine Ockrent (born 24 April 1944) is a Belgian journalist whose career has principally centered on French television. She interviewed Amir Abbas Hoveyda, the former Iranian prime minister, in Evin prison after the Islamic revolution in 1979. It was the last interview with Hoveyda before his execution. Ockrent was born in Brussels, Belgium, daughter of Belgian diplomat Roger Ockrent. She attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school in Paris. She graduated from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in 1965. She worked for American television and collaborated on 60 Minutes, the CBS news magazine. Back in France, she worked on Europe 1, a national radio station where she was in charge of morning news. In 1981, she became the first female anchor of the 8 pm news on the Antenne 2 television channel. Afterwards, she worked for TF1. By the end of her career, she had returned to France 2 as anchor of the evening news, and then for France 3 since 1990 where she was the host of different news magazines. She was chief of the L'Express editorial office. For over a decade she presented France Europe Express, a TV show about European issues. She is a fervent supporter of a united Europe, she proved so by signing the Soros call for a federal answer to the crisis of the euro. Ockrent held the number two post at the Société de l'audiovisuel extérieur de la France, until she was relieved in May 2011. She refused to resign, saying that she had had to endure "nine months of manoeuvres that have sullied my honour and reputation". She is a former member of the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank. In 2002, Ockrent wrote the preface to Ma guerre à L'indifference (English: My war against indifference), a book by United Nations official Jean-Sélim Kanaan. She is the author of more than a dozen works including: La Double vie d'Hillary Clinton (The Double Life of Hillary Clinton), Robert Laffont (2001) Les Oligarques: le système Poutine (The Oligarchs, The Putin System), Robert Laffont (2014) Le Prince mystère de l'Arabie (The Mysterious Prince of Arabie). Mohammed Ben Salman, les mirages d'un pouvoir absolu, Robert Laffont (2018). Ockrent is the life partner of Bernard Kouchner, a French politician and the former foreign minister, with whom she had a son, Alexandre, born 11 March 1986. Source: Article "Christine Ockrent" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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Born:
Apr 24, 1944 In Brussels, Belgium
Movie/TV Credits:
13
First Appeared:
In the series Question Time 1979-09-25
Latest Project:
Movie Mitterrand, président culturel 2021-05-12
Known For
Poster of La télé des années 80 - Les 10 ans qui ont tout changé
Poster of La Télé des années 80 : Les Dix Ans qui ont tout changé
Poster of Stars 90
Poster of Sacrée soirée
Filmography
Movie Mitterrand, président culturel Self (archive footage) 2021-05-12
Movie Le rock alternatif (une brève période de médiatisation du punk français 1986-1989) Self 2021-03-22
Movie Mitterrand et la télé Self (archive footage) 2021-05-11
Series La Télé des années 80 : Les Dix Ans qui ont tout changé Self 2018-01-19
Movie La télé des années 80 - Les 10 ans qui ont tout changé Self 2018-01-19
Movie The New Watchdogs Self 2012-01-11
Movie Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau... Self (archive footage) 2007-04-04
Series Stars 90 self 1990-09-03
Series Sacrée soirée self 1987-09-02
Series Châteauvallon Christine Ockrent 1985-01-04
Movie Rive droite, rive gauche Self (voice) 1984-10-30
Movie Le Bon Plaisir Une journaliste 1984-01-18
Series Question Time Herself - Panellist 1979-09-25