Our Next Paris Bureau Chief

In his decades-long career, Mark Landler has reported for The Times from 70 countries and led bureaus in London, Hong Kong and Frankfurt. Now, we are thrilled to announce Mark will be our new Paris bureau chief, one of the oldest and most prestigious international posts at The Times.

It is a fitting role for Mark, who has covered it all. Presidents and prime ministers. Royals and rakes. Campaigns and conflicts. Geopolitical grudges and golf courses .

"Mark is one of our finest bureau chiefs," said Jim Yardley, assistant managing editor. "He has stood out in London, with his verve for news and scoops, his insightful coverage of British politics, his forays into Ireland and his great reporting on the British royals. He is a versatile and gifted writer with a keen understanding of what makes a Times story."

Mark has spent the last six years leading our coverage of post-Brexit Britain, where he has memorably guided readers through the tumult of four premierships , two monarchs , the fractures in the British royal family , and the stresses on Britain's teetering health system . He also wrote widely on President Donald Trump's foreign policy , reported from Israel and the West Bank in the early weeks of the Gaza war, and scored an exclusive interview on a nuclear submarine with Prime Minister Keir Starmer - while still finding the time to profile Ireland's last leprechaun whisperer .

In France, Mark will take on one of our biggest and most challenging stories: the populist political wave rolling across the West. For him, it is the culmination of a decade covering these movements: Trump 1.0, Brexit, and now the changes in Continental Europe.

Paris also brings Mark's journalism career full circle: He lived there in his teens and got his first taste of newspapers editing the student weekly at the American School of Paris. A week after graduating from Georgetown University, he joined The Times as a copy boy and, after a five-year stint at BusinessWeek, returned to take on many of our most pivotal reporting roles, at home and abroad, over the next 30 years.

In Hong Kong, Mark covered the Asian financial crisis; in Germany, the introduction of the euro. In Washington, he was a White House correspondent, covering the Obama and first Trump presidencies, and diplomatic correspondent, covering Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He's the author of "Alter Egos," a comparative study of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

Please join us in congratulating him on his new post.

- Phil, Adrienne and Patrick