Léa Salamé

Hala Salamé, known as Léa Salamé (born October 27, 1979), is a Lebanese-born French journalist.

Léa Salamé
Born
Hala Salamé

(1979-10-27) 27 October 1979
Beirut, Lebanon
NationalityFrench
Alma materPanthéon-Assas University
Sciences Po
New York University
OccupationJournalist
Parent(s)Ghassan Salamé
Mary Boghossian

Early life

Hala Salamé is the daughter of Ghassan Salamé, former Lebanese Minister of Culture and former special advisor to UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan;[1] her mother, Mary Boghossian, of Armenian descent, is the sister of diamond dealers Jean and Albert Boghossian.[1] She escaped war in Lebanon with her family, settled in Paris at age 5[2] and obtained French nationality at age 11.[3]

Léa Salamé studied law at Panthéon-Assas University, Sciences Po Paris[3] and spent a year at New York University (she was injured in the 9/11 attacks[2]).

Career

Salamé began her career as an intern on La Chaîne parlementaire with Jean-Pierre Elkabbach.[4] In September 2006, she started working for newly created French international news TV channel France 24.[1]

Salamé joined i>Télé in late 2010 and hosted a political show in the context of the 2012 French presidential election. Starting in September 2011, she hosted the evening news with Marc Fauvelle and in September 2012, a political debate program. The next year, she hosted Ça se dispute, with Éric Zemmour and Nicolas Domenach as commentators.[2]

In August 2014, Salamé succeeded Natacha Polony[5] in the duo of commentators which she formed with Aymeric Caron,[6] then with Yann Moix, in Laurent Ruquier's show, On n'est pas couché, aired on France 2. In May 2016, she announced that she would leave to host a political show with David Pujadas starting in September 2016, in the context of the 2017 French presidential election.[7]

Since August 2014, Salamé has hosted the 7.50 AM interview in France Inter's morning show.[8] Since December 2015, she has also conducted high-profile interviews in the French edition of GQ.

On April 14, 2016, as she interviewed French President François Hollande with David Pujadas in the program Dialogues citoyens on France 2, Léa Salamé replied to the President, who was making a comment on the refugees: "Are you joking?". This triggered many reactions on social media.[1]

Awards

References
  1. Weickert, Clio (15 April 2016). "Impertinente, exigeante et "virevoltante", le style Léa Salamé". 20 Minutes (in French).
  2. Constant, Alain (16 May 2014). "Léa Salamé, l'intrépide". Le Monde (in French).
  3. Le Drollec, Alexandre (27 September 2014). "Léa Salamé : "Contrairement à Zemmour et Polony, je ne suis pas une idéologue"". Téléobs (in French).
  4. Aumonier, Emmanuel (12 June 2014). "Léa Salamé, "un cow-boy en talons-aiguilles"". Paris Match (in French).
  5. Doucet, David (26 June 2014). "Léa Salamé : "J'ai hésité à accepter la proposition de Ruquier"". Les Inrockuptibles (in French).
  6. Chignaguet, Laurent (12 June 2014). "Léa Salamé : "Je ne suis ni à droite, ni à gauche: je suis journaliste"". Le Figaro (in French).
  7. Doucet, David (7 June 2016). "Léa Salamé, l'interview exclusive: "Laurent Ruquier savait que j'allais partir"". Les Inrockuptibles (in French).
  8. "L'invité de 7h50". France Inter (in French).
  9. "Léa Salamé - Femme de l'année 2014". GQ (in French). 19 November 2014.
  10. "Léa Salamé désignée meilleure intervieweuse de France". GQ (in French). 24 November 2015.
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