a contributing editor at Politico, writing on U.S. foreign policy and world affairs. Rubin relocated to Paris on June 1, 2021 to serve as diplomatic counselor to the newly elected Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). At the OECD, his portfolio is focused on advising Secretary General Cormann on global affairs and diplomacy with key countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Rubin was appointed as Special Envoy and Coordinator of the GEC on November 16, 2022 by Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Personal life In 1998, Rubin, who at the time was spokesman for the US State Department, married Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Correspondent for CNN. Having moved to London, England, they returned to New York City in 2010, where they rented an apartment in Manhattan's Upper West Side. In 2013, he, his wife and son, Darius John Rubin (born 2000), moved back to London to live permanently. It was announced in July 2018 that Rubin and Amanpour were getting a divorce. References External links Official PBS Wideangle website Clinton aide slurs David Trimble as a "crankpot" BBC NBC News NBC News http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/04/27/campaign.foreign.policy.cnn NYT, Jackie Calmes, Rubinomics Recalculated, November 23, 2008. 1960 births Academics of the London School of Economics American expatriates in the United Kingdom American male journalists Boston University alumni Columbia College (New York) alumni Columbia University faculty Jewish American journalists Journalists from New York City Living people Mamaroneck High School alumni People from the Upper West Side Phillips Exeter Academy alumni School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni United States Assistant Secretaries of State United States Department of State spokespeople 21st-century American Jews