Jean-Pierre Elkabbach

Elkabbach was born to an Algerian Jewish family in Oran in 1937 then the prefecture of the département dOran in French Algeria He began his journalistic career in 1960 as a radio correspondent in Algiers but having taken part in the strikes of May 1968 he was sidelined and sent to Toulouse Elkabbach would later spend time in Bonn Germany before venturing into television news in 1970 From 1993 to 1996 he served as president of France 2 and France 3 from 19992009 he was president of the television station Public Sénat and was at the helm of Europe 1 from 20052008 Elkabbach presents Bibliothèque Médicis on Public Sénat during which he interviews an eclectic mix of international literati political leaders intellectuals and historians He is the father of successful actress Emmanuelle Bach