Quick Info
| Profession | Journalist, Television Presenter |
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| Nationality | Welsh |
| Date of Birth | 06/02/1960 |
| Age | 66 years |
| Birthplace | Cardiff, Wales |
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Bio/Wiki
| Full Name | Jeremy Francis John Bowen |
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Educational Qualification(s)
| University College London | B.A. |
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| Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies | Attended |
Personal Life
| Health | Diagnosed with bowel cancer in April 2019 |
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Family
| Father | Gareth Bowen |
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| Mother | Jennifer (Delany) Bowen |
Career
| BBC Roles |
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| Coverage | Reported from over 70 countries including Gulf, El Salvador, Lebanon, West Bank, Gaza, Afghanistan, Croatia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Somalia, Rwanda, Iraq, Algeria, Kosovo, Ukraine. Covered over twenty wars and conflicts, including El Salvador civil war (1989), Gulf War, Iraq War, Syrian Civil War, Libya, Yemen, rise of ISIS, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Conducted interviews with world leaders such as Volodymyr Zelensky, Bashar al-Assad, Muammar Gaddafi, and Ahmad Al-Sharaa. |
| Awards |
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| Books | Six Days: How the 1967 War Shaped the Middle East |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. Worked for BBC for nearly 40 years | |
| 2. Award-winning broadcaster and documentary-maker | |
| 3. Joined BBC after university, starting in radio before becoming a foreign correspondent in 1987 |