Christine Ockrent
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Christine Ockrent (born April 24, 1944) is a French journalist.
She was born in Brussels, Belgium, and graduated from Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in 1965. She was the first anchor of the 8pm news on the "Antenne 2" French TV channel in 1981. She is married to Bernard Kouchner.
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Christine Ockrent is regarded as one of France's most respected broadcasters, the only journalist granted an interview with Saddam Hussein in the middle of the Gulf War. As well as becoming the first woman to anchor and edit the prime time news, Christine has also edited the current affairs journal L'Express, worked as the deputy director-general of France's TF1 channel and presented the country's flagship magazine and program on French and European politics, France-Europe Express. She also anchors a monthly program on international affairs on TV5Monde.
