Laurent Francis Gabriel Romejko (born 27 December 1963) is a French

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Early life

Romejko was born in

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for a while, he was a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Paris. Laurent's family comes from Poland.

TV and radio career

He began by presenting the

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of ''Enfants du rock'' on

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before going on radio ( RFM, Autoroute FM). He joined

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in 1989 where he presented a column devoted to future jobs. He also presented the weather. In 1991, he presented the magazine ''Cajou'' on

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and ''Selecto'' on

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. On ''Télématin'', he replaced

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when he was on vacation. From 1994 to 1999, he presented the

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each morning on RFM. In 2000, he participated in the launch of channel Santé-Vie and hosted a magazine devoted to health professionals. In September 2006, he presented the

on France 2, replacing

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Retrieved June 14, 2009 He currently hosts ''

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'' daily on

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(since 1992). In September 2006, the program moved to

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, but Romejko continued to present it, alongside Arielle Boulin-Prat and Bertrand Renard.

References

External links

"Laurent Romejko, le Monsieur Météo"
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