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John Kampfner
British journalist
John Kampfner is a British author, broadcaster and commentator.
Creative industries federation john kampfner biography
Since 2019, he has been a Senior Associate Fellow[1] at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a defence and security think tank. In 2022-2023 he was Executive Director of the UK in the World Programme at Chatham House.[2] In 2022-2023 he was Chair of the Young Königswinter conference, which brings young people together from Germany and the UK.[3]
Early life and education
Kampfner was born in Singapore to a Jewish father from Bratislava and a Protestant mother from Chatham-Kent.
He was educated at Westminster School. He went to The Queen's College, Oxford, where he received a BA degree in Modern History and Russian.
Career
Kampfner began his career as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Moscow and Bonn.
He moved to The Daily Telegraph, first in East Berlin where he reported on the fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of Germ