11 Facts About Christine Ockrent

Christine Ockrent was born on 24 April 1944 and is a Belgian journalist whose career has principally centered on French television.

Christine Ockrent interviewed Amir Abbas Hoveyda, the former Iranian prime minister, in Qasr prison after the Islamic revolution in 1979.

Christine Ockrent attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school in Paris.

Christine Ockrent graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris in 1965.

Christine Ockrent worked for the CBS news magazine, 60 Minutes, while in charge of morning news for Europe 1 in France.

Christine Ockrent is a fervent supporter of a united Europe, signing the Soros letter for a federal answer to the crisis of the euro.

Christine Ockrent held the number two post at the Societe de l'audiovisuel exterieur de la France, until she was relieved in May 2011.

Christine Ockrent refused to resign, saying that she had had to endure "nine months of manoeuvres that have sullied my honour and reputation".

Christine Ockrent is a former member of the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank.

In 2002, Christine Ockrent wrote the preface to Ma guerre a L'indifference, a book by United Nations official Jean-Selim Kanaan.

Christine 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.