Claire Chazal
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Claire Chazal | |
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 Chazal in 2009 | |
| Born | 1 December 1956 |
| Education | HEC Paris |
| Occupation | Television journalist |
| Employer | TF1 |
Claire Chazal (pronounced [klɛːʁ ʃazal]; born 1 December 1956) is a French journalist, romance writer, and former director of news at a national television station, France 2.
She had been the weekend news anchor at TF1 beginning in 1991 and gave her final broadcast at the station on 13 September 2015; Anne-Claire Coudray, who had often substituted for her when she was absent, was announced as her replacement.[1] Between 2010 and 2015, she had also been the host of Reportage at 1:30 pm, after the news.
She used to host Je/nous de Claire, a talk show on the gay television channel Pink TV that she helped start in 2004. The title of this show puns on Le Genou de Claire, a French film known in English as Claire's Knee.
Chazal obtained an HEC School of Management diploma.
Personal life
[edit]On 29 April 1995, Chazal gave birth to her son, François, born of a relationship she had with Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, who recognised his paternity in 2005 in his book Confessions.
References
[edit]- ↑ Lichfield, John (September 11, 2015). "Claire Chazal: France's 'Queen of news' is dead – and with her s country's deference to the political class". The Independent. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
External links
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- Claire Chazal at IMDb
- Profile at imédias website (in French)
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from Thiers
- 20th-century French women journalists
- French television presenters
- French women television presenters
- French television journalists
- HEC Paris alumni
- French Confederation of Christian Workers members
- Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni
- Knights of the Legion of Honour
- French recipients of the Legion of Honour
- 20th-century French journalists