{{short description|French journalist and television presenter (born 1956)}} {{infobox person | name = Claire Chazal | image = CHAZAL Claire-24x30-2009.jpg | caption = Chazal in 2009 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|12|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = Thiers, France | education = HEC Paris | occupation = Television journalist | employer = TF1 }} '''Claire Chazal''' ({{IPA|fr|klɛːʁ ʃazal|pron}}; born 1 December 1956) is a French journalist, romance writer, and former director of news at a national television station, France 2.
She had been the weekend news anchor at TF1 beginning in 1991, and gave her final broadcast at the station on 13 September 2015; Anne-Claire Coudray, who had often substituted for her when she was absent, was announced as her replacement. Between 2010 and 2015, she had also been the host of ''Reportage'' at 1:30 pm, after the news.
She used to host ''Je/nous de Claire'', a talk show on the gay television channel Pink TV that she helped start in 2004. The title of this show puns on ''Le Genou de Claire,'' a French film known in English as ''Claire's Knee''. Chazal obtained an HEC School of Management diploma.
==Personal life== On 29 April 1995, Chazal gave birth to her son, François, born of a relationship she had with Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, who recognised his paternity in 2005 in his book ''Confessions''.
==External links== {{commons category}} *{{IMDb name|0154688}} * [https://archive.today/20070518164554/http://www.imedias.biz/television/trombinews-claire-chazal-147.php Profile at imédias website] {{in lang|fr}}
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