Last updated:10 March, 2009 - 18:18 GMT

Lyse Doucet

Canadian with Acadian, Irish and Migmaw ancestry.
Educated at Queen's University, Kingston, and the University of Toronto. Honorary Doctorates in Civil Law (King's College, Halifax) and Letters (New Brunswick).
Joined the BBC in 1983 as a correspondent in Ivory Coast.
Reported from West Africa, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran (1988-93) and Middle East (1994-99).
Regular presenter and foreign correspondent for BBC World Service Radio and BBC World TV.

One of the privileges of being a journalist is that you have a licence to ask questions. You can go anywhere and whether it's a man in the village you come across in Africa or the Head of State you meet in the lift, you always feel that you have this right, that you can ask questions that matter.

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