{{short description|French television journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Ruth Elkrief | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|12|01}} | birth_place = Meknes, Morocco | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = Sciences Po<br/>Centre de formation des journalistes | employer = LCI (La Chaîne Info) | occupation = Journalist | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | political_party = | boards = | spouse = Claude Czechowski | children = 2 daughters }} '''Ruth Elkrief''' (born 1 December 1960 in Meknes, Morocco) is a French-Moroccan television journalist. She worked for the 24-hour news channel BFM TV from 2005 to 2021.
==Early life== Ruth Elkrief was born in Meknes, Morocco.<ref name="galaruthelkief">{{cite web|title=Ruth Elkrief|url=http://www.gala.fr/stars_et_gotha/ruth_elkrief|website=Gala|accessdate=3 November 2016}}</ref> Her great-uncle, Shalom Messas, was a rabbi.<ref name="galaruthelkief"/> She emigrated to France with her family as a teenager.<ref name="galaruthelkief"/>
Elkrief graduated from Sciences Po<ref name="galaruthelkief" /> and later earned a postgraduate degree in journalism from the Centre de Formation des Journalistes.<ref name="galaruthelkief"/>
==Career== Elkrief was a correspondent for TF1 in Washington, D.C. in 1990.<ref name="galaruthelkief"/> A year later, in 1991, she was appointed head of its political programmes.<ref name="lemondeonaredonne">{{cite news|last1=Morio|first1=Joël|title=Ruth Elkrief : " On a redonné le goût de la politique aux téléspectateurs "|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/televisions-radio/article/2014/10/03/ruth-elkrief-on-a-redonne-le-gout-de-la-politique-aux-telespectateurs_4500127_1655027.html|accessdate=3 November 2016|work=Le Monde|date=3 October 2014}}</ref> She joined La Chaîne Info in 1994 and BFM TV in 2005.<ref name="galaruthelkief"/><ref name="lemondeonaredonne"/> In January 2021, she announced that she was leaving the channel.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Benjamin |first1=Meffre |title=Ruth Elkrief quitte BFMTV |url=https://www.ozap.com/actu/ruth-elkrief-quitte-bfmtv/601542 |website=Pure Media |access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref> On 31March 2021, Fabien Namias, vice-managing director of the TF1 group's all-news channel, announced that Ruth Elkrief would be joining LCI.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
Elkrief became a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 2008.<ref name="legifrancedecret">{{cite web|title=Décret du 11 juillet 2008 portant promotion et nomination|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do;jsessionid=7E79DF3C8DB80B37244E9674DA6ADCEA.tpdjo14v_1?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000019160503&dateTexte=&oldAction=rechJO|website=Legifrance|accessdate=3 November 2016}}</ref>
==Personal life== Elkrief is married to Claude Czechowski.<ref name="galaruthelkief"/> They have two daughters.<ref name="galaruthelkief"/>
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