Jamie Rubin

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Person.png Jamie Rubin  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(diplomat, journalist, lobbyist)
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BornJames Phillip Rubin
28 March 1960
Alma materPhillips Exeter Academy, Columbia University
SpouseChristiane Amanpour
Member ofCouncil on Foreign Relations/Members 3
InterestsCenter for a New American Security
PartyDemocratic Party

Not to be confused with James Rubin, an academic interested in public perceptions of health risks.

James Phillip "Jamie" Rubin (born 28 March 1960) is an American former diplomat who was Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs in the Clinton Administration from 1997–2000. As a journalist he worked for Bloomberg News, became a Sky News presenter in 2010 and has written a weekly foreign affairs column for The Sunday Times of London.

In 2013, Jamie Rubin moved from New York City to live permanently in London, England, with his wife, CNN Chief International Correspondent and anchor Christiane Amanpour, and their teenage son.[1] Rubin was appointed scholar in residence at Oxford University's Rothermere American Institute and co-chaired a high-level panel on Extending American Power for the Center for a New American Security in Washington.

In 2017, Jamie Rubin was appointed Chair, International Policy and Strategy at the influential lobbyist firm Ballard Partners, based in Washington DC. Rubin is a Contributing Editor at Politico, writing on US foreign policy and world affairs.

In July 2018, it was announced that Rubin and Christiane Amanpour were getting a divorce.[2]

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