Julian Bugier (born November 22, 1980, in

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), is a French TV

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. After working for news channels BFM TV and i Télé; he presented, as a substitute, the 8 o'clock news on weekdays on

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Family

Julian Bugier was born in 1980 in

(Loir-et-Cher). His father Jacques Bugier was a literary man and former journalist. His father worked at ''

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'' then at le ''

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from'' 1991 to 2008. Close to

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, (he followed Francois' presidential campaign in 2007) and to Jack Lang, he died in June 2013 at the age of 59 years. Julian Bugier is the eldest of two children He has a sister, Louise.

Career

Television

Julian pursued a DEUG (Diplôme d'études universitaires générales) in economics without graduating. At 19, he moved to

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( UK) and began his journalistic career on the financial and economic station,

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. There he reported for two years and then became a production assistant. He then presented for a year and a half on the French branch of Bloomberg TV^,. In November 2005, he participated in the launch of the news channel BFM TV. From May 2006 and the launch of the second version of the channel, he presented the economy journal every evening from Monday to Friday. From late 2008, he served as a substitute presenter of the newspaper chain. During the summer of 2009, he left BFM news to join the channel of news and current affairs I-Télé. Succeeding Thomas Joubert, he took charge of ''Info Matin Week-end'' on Saturday and Sunday from 7:00am to 11:30am. At the beginning of September 2010, Jean-Baptiste Boursier replaced him when Julian took charge of a new show (''L'info sans interdit'') with Sonia Chironi (and with participation from

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) from Monday to Friday between 5:00pm and 7:00pm, and until 8:00pm from November 2010 when

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was suspended from her show ''Audrey Pulvar Soir''. In July 2011, he rejoined

to become the substitute for

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on the new shows 13 heures and 20 heures on the weekends. In September 2011, Julian Bugier was appointed ''joker (parttime replacement)'' of

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, for the Vingt Heures weekday news show on

. He replaced at this post

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who became substitute presenter of the television news of the weekend. From January to May 2012, in anticipation of the

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, Julien presented the short program ''Elysee me'' Monday to Saturday at 7:55pm just before the France 2 news. This short news show allowed viewers to see archives of former French presidential elections. (Campaigns, debates, etc.) In August 2014, he held both the position of substitute for Vingt Heures both weekdays and weekends. He thus made twenty-five straight days of news presentation at

In September 2014,

entrusted him with the presentation of ''soirées continues'' (a presentation followed by a debate). On 27 May 2015, at the entrance to the

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with

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and

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, he presented the special show on France 2 ''Quatre résistants au Panthéon'' with consultants at his side

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and Nathalie Saint-Cricq. Julian Bugier presented, in addition to his work as a part-time substitute, news shows on the weekend between March and July 2015 because of the pregnancy of

. From 5 September 2015, he presented a weekly consumer magazine show, ''Tout compte fait'' on Saturday at 2:40pm on France 2.

On the radio

During the summers of 2013 and 2014, he hosted ''l'économie cette semaine et C'est l'économie demain at'' 9am weekends to 10 hours on

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Private life

Married to economic journalist Claire Fournier, he is father of a boy born in April 2011 and a daughter born in 2013.

Distinction

In 2009 the magazine ''

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designated him'' as .

Filmography

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: ''

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'', Film

Dominique Farrugia Dominique Farrugia (born 2 September 1962) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, humorist and comedian. He is a member and founder of the group of comedians ''Les Nuls'' alongside Alain Chabat, Chantal Lauby and Bruno C ...

: Himself, presenting a news program on i Télé *

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: '' Sea to drink'', Film

Jacques Maillot Jacques Maillot (born 12 April 1962) is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1993. His film '' Nos vies heureuses'' was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * '' Des fleurs coupées'' (1 ...

: Himself, newscaster *

: '' This world is crazy'', TV movie Baddredine Mokrani : Himself, newscaster * 2013 : '' Do not do this, do not do that'' (series) : Himself, 20-heures news presenter for France 2. * 2015 : '' ''The great divide'''','' film

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: Himself, 20-heures news presenter for France 2. * 2017 : '' L'ascension'', film Ludovic Bernard : Himself

Notes and references

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