Christophe Barbier

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Christophe Barbier
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Barbier in 2015
Born (1967-01-25) 25 January 1967 (age 57)
Education Lycée du Parc
Alma mater École normale supérieure
ESCP Europe
OccupationJournalist
Employer BFM TV (current)
Known forNews columns
Political party Independent
Spouses
  • Yamini Kumar-Cohen (2008–2019)
Pauline Courtin
(m. 2020)

Christophe Barbier (born 25 January 1967) is a French political journalist and columnist who was chief editor of L'Express from 2006 to 2016.

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Career

Born in Sallanches, Haute-Savoie, Barbier attended the Lycée du Parc in Lyon. He graduated from the École normale supérieure in 1987 and ESCP Europe in Paris in 1992. He worked for Le Point from 1990 to 1995 and Europe 1 from 1995 until 1996. He was promoted that year head of the political service of L'Express .

He became editorial assistant in 2001 and served as chief editor from 2006 to 2016. During that period he was a frequent guest on LCI and i>Télé, as well as the daily TV show C dans l'air broadcast on France 5. He currently works as a news columnist for BFM TV. [1] [2] His book Les Derniers Jours de François Mitterrand was awarded the 2011 Prix Combourg-Chateaubriand. [3]

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References

  1. Actualités de Christophe Barbier sur France Inter (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. L'éditorial de Christophe Barbier, L'Express (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  3. "Samedi, le Prix Combourg sera remis au journaliste Christophe Barbier", Ouest France (in French), 4 October 2011.