Christiane Amanpour

Christiane Amanpour married James Phillip Rubin, the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, in 1998. The couple met in 1997 in Bosnia. She was on an assignment and he was traveling with Secretary of State. They have a son, Darius John Rubin. They are currently settled in London.

She previously dated Luc Delahaye, a combat photographer and Paul Marchand, a radio journalist.

Christiane Amanpour was born on January 12, 1958 in London to Mahmoud Amanpour and Patricia Hill. Her family soon moved to Tehran but she returned to England when she was 11 to attend the Holy Cross Convent School in Buckinghamshire; she later went to the New Hall School.

After the Islamic Revolution began in Iran, the Amanpour family left Iran and settled in England. Christiane moved to the United State to study journalism at the University of Rhode Island and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1983.

Christiane Amanpour was clear early in her life that she wanted to be a journalist. Her first reporting experiences happened through internships at the university radio station and the local commercial TV station. She also briefly interned at BBC and her work was presented on Radio 4's The World Tonight.

Christiane Amanpour started her career as an NBC affiliate in Rhode Island but was hired by CNN as an entry-level assistant for the international news desk in September 1983. She soon worked for the New York City bureau and later shifted to Frankfurt as a reporter when a slot was open.

Her move to Frankfurt played a great role in shaping her career. She reported on the democratic revolutions sweeping across Europe and soon became the go-to reporter for CNN.

She covered the Gulf War in 1990 and became a familiar face as she covered it from the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait to the victory of the U.S. coalition. Her groundwork and grit was recognized and she was soon asked to cover other countries. She also reported on the Kurdish uprising in Iraq.

In 1992, she went to Bosnia and Herzegovina to cover the war. Her fearlessness and courage was lauded and she was promoted as CNN’s chief international correspondent. She calls her visit and coverage of Bosnia the high point of her career.

From 1992 to 2010, Amanpour continued to report from the field in several countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Somalia, and Rwanda. She managed to secure exclusive interviews with world leaders.

Christiane Amanpour is the host of the show ‘Amanpour’, which has been running for over 5 years. She discusses and argues with global leaders and decision makers on the issues affecting the world today and its impact in the future. The show is currently aired on PBS.