Gilles Bouleau

Gilles Bouleau born 25 May 1962 is a French journalist As a journalist and reporter on TF1 and LCI for several years he spent several years in other countries as a correspondent in London and Washington Head of special operations since 2011 he became the news anchor of the Journal de 20 heures on TF1 since June 2012 succeeding Laurence Ferrari Gilles Bouleau was born in Paris but spend his childhood in Colombes in the department of HautsdeSeine He studied and graduated at the Centre de Formation des Journalistes CFJ of Paris and at the Institut dÉtudes Politiques of Paris Sciences Po In 1986 Gilles Bouleau joined the redaction service of TF1 He passed by the economic and social services domestic policy reportages and general information He then presented all kind of reportages like Yugoslavia in 1987 the French presidential election of 1988 the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics From 1996 to 1999 he presented the morning program on the news channel LCI In 1999 he became the editorinchief assistant of the program 19 h dimanche which consisted of reportages and interviews presented by Ruth Elkrief on TF1 In June 2001 he began an international phase as a correspondent on TF1 in London Four years later in July 2005 shortly after the 7 July and the 21 July 2005 London bombings he left the British capital for Washington and became since August of that year the correspondent in the United States for five years He reports several important events of the country such as the Katrina Hurricane that happened the same month as his arrival or the United States presidential election of 2008 won by Barack Obama In July 2011 he came back to Paris and became the substitute presenter of Laurence Ferrari for the Journal de 20 heures after the departure of Harry Roselmack The next month he succeeded to JeanClaude Narcy at the head of the special operations In June 2012 after the resignation of Laurence Ferrari he was named for presenting temporarily the Journal de 20 heures Soon after he became the new presenter of the evening news on TF1 The interview with Vladimir Putin alongside JeanPierre Elkabbach Since 2012 he also presented the election evening programs on TF1 such as the French municipal elections of 2014 the European elections of 2014 in France the French regional elections of 2015 and the French presidential election of 2017 He presented with Claire Chazal and then with AnneClaire Coudray In June 2014 TF1 broadcast an interview of Russian president Vladimir Putin made by Gilles Bouleau and JeanPierre Elkabbach The next month he interviews with David Pujadas the French president François Hollande and interviews him a second time in November 2014 with Yves Calvi in the program En direct avec le président on TF1 In February 2015 he presents with Christophe Dechavanne the special program TF1 40 ans démotions partagées to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the channel essentially composed of archives Since June 2016 he presents the new program about politics on TF1 titled Vie politique broadcast occasionally on Sunday evening and live Source Article Gilles Bouleau from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30