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Christiane Amanpour
Christiane Amanpour · Palácio do Planalto from Brasilia, Brasil, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Christiane Amanpour

b. 1958

English-Iranian news anchor and international correspondent

Born
12 Jan 1958 · Ealing

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 78 years
  1. 12 Jan 1958BornBorn in Ealing
  2. 1994AwardCourage in Journalism Award
  3. 1996AwardGeorge Polk Award
  4. 1996AwardWeintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting
  5. 2000AwardHonorary citizen of Sarajevo
  6. 2002AwardEdward R. Murrow Award
  7. 2002AwardEdward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award
  8. 2011AwardWalter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism
  9. 2015RoleUNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
  10. 2022AwardOrder of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1958 – today).

  1. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  3. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  5. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  7. 1968Prague Spring
  8. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  9. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  10. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  11. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  13. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  14. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  15. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  16. 1985Schengen Agreement
  17. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  18. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  19. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  21. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  23. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  24. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  25. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  26. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  27. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  28. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  29. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  30. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  31. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  32. 20112011 Norway attacks
  33. 2011Libyan civil war
  34. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  35. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  36. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  37. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  38. 2015Paris Agreement
  39. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  40. 2020COVID-19 pandemic

Biography

Christiane Maria Heideh Amanpour (Persian: کریستیان امان‌پور, romanized: Kristiān Amānpur; born 12 January 1958) is an Iranian-British journalist and television host. Amanpour is the Chief International Anchor for CNN and host of CNN International's nightly interview program Amanpour, CNN's The Amanpour Hour on Saturdays and Amanpour & Company on PBS. She also hosts Christiane Amanpour Presents The Ex-Files with her former husband James Rubin on Global.

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