Christiane Amanpour

Christiane Amanpour کریستینامانپور (born the January 12th 1958) is corresponding international as a chief for CNN. Based at the office of CNN of London, Amanpour is among the journalists most recognized and rewarded for American television. It became one of the correspondents best paid (and perhaps best paid) in the world, in particular thanks to its will to travel and work in the most dangerous places of the sphere. She usually speaks English, Persan (its Native tongue) and French. The magazine Forbes it has named in 2006 79e the most powerful woman of the world. In 2007, it is classified 74e.

Shortly after its birth with London, his/her father, tallies in an airline company Iran ienne, takes along its family to Teheran, where Amanpour carry out a privileged way of life. At 11 years, Christiane sets out again for England to study at the school of Holy Cross General assembly of Freemasons, with Buckinghamshire, in England, then in New Hall School, a prestigious school Catholique for girls. Its family must leave Iran after the Islamic revolution of 1979. Christiane leaves then to the the United States to study there journalism at the University of Rhode Island. After its diploma, she works for the subsidiary company NBC WJAR with Providence, in the state of Rhode Island.

In 1983, it is engaged by CNN. In 1989, it is assigned to the office of Frankfurt, in West Germany, where it covers the wave of democratization then submerging the Europe of the East. But it is its cover of the Guerre of the Gulf, following the occupation by the Iraq of the Kuwait in 1990, which makes it famous. Since, it covered the war in Bosnia-Herzégovine and of many other areas in conflict. Of 1996 with 2005, it contributes independently to the magazine televised 60 Minutes of CBS.

In 1998, it marries James Rubin, who at the time is spokesperson for the American State Department. A son, Darius, are born from their union in 2000.

His/her sister is Lizzy Amanpour, producing for the British television channel Chanel 4.

Christiane Amanpour was the source of inspiration for one of the characters of American film the Kings of the desert .

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Biographie by CNN
Fanpage
About.com Profiles off Christiane Amanpour, CNN Chief International Correspond
2000 Murrow Awards Ceremony Speech
Oprah Winfrey Show Interview - Reporters' Notebooks

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