STEPHEN SACKUR CV

Stephen Sackur, the presenter of HARDtalk, BBC World News' flagship current affairs interview programme, has been a journalist with BBC News since 1986. 
He has interviewed presidents, prime ministers and leading personalities from all over the world over the past two decades.
His interviewees have included US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush, PM Yitzhak Rabin of Israel, PLO leader Yasser Arafat, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and many more.
In November 2010, Stephen was awarded the "International TV Personality of the Year Award" by the Association of International Broadcasters.
Before taking over HARDtalk, Stephen was based in Brussels for three years as the BBC's Chief Europe Correspondent. He travelled across Europe to cover major stories around the continent, including the accession of the former communist east European states in 2004.
Prior to this, Stephen was the BBC's Chief Washington Correspondent from July 1997. With a keen interest in politics, he has interviewed Presidenst George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton; covered the 2000 US Presidential Elections, the 'Lewinsky scandal' and the Clinton impeachment trial. 
Stephen has also been the BBC Middle East Correspondent in both Cairo (from 1992 to 1995) and Jerusalem (from 1995 to 1997), covering the peace process, the assassination of the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the emergence of the Palestinian Authority under the late Yasser Arafat. 
Stephen has also made a host of documentaries for BBC's current affairs programme Panorama and has written for  Television and Radio and has written for a variety of newspapers and magazines.
Stephen was educated at Cambridge University (BA History, Hons, 1982-5 and Harvard University (Henry Felowship 1985-6).
Stephen was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of International Relations from the Geneva School of Diplomacy and international Relations in 2017. 
In 1992 he wrote 'On the Basra Road', selected as a 'Book of the Year', by the Spectator magazine.   
He married Zina Sabbagh in 1992 and they have three children, Joseph, Michael and Leila.