Maude Versini

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Maude Versini
Born	January 9, 1974 Paris
Nationality	French
Occupation	Journalist

Maude Versini (born January 9, 1974 in Paris, to Daniele and Hélène Versini) is a French-born journalist who was married to Mexican politician Arturo Montiel Rojas from 2002 through 2007.

As a student in Paris, France, Versini received a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and completed a Master's Degree in International Relations.

Versini worked for the United Nations in New York City, then left to become a journalist. She now writes politics and economics articles for newspapers such as The New York Times and The Sunday Telegraph, and for the French magazine Paris Match.

She met her former husband Arturo Montiel in 2000 while interviewing him for Paris Match. The couple got married in 2002. They divorced in September, 2007. Maude Versini became a naturalized Mexican citizen in 2002. They have three children between them, and also Montiel has two children (older than Versini) from a previous marriage.

In 2005 she was accused along with her husband and his older sons by numerous Mexican newspapers and citizens for corruption (she earned a monthly salary of more than 12,000 US dollars for an honorary post while her husband was governor of the State of México), albeit the numerous mansions and luxiorious apartments they own in Mexico and France. Versini nows lives in Paris with her three sons.

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NAME	Versini, Maude
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	French-born journalist married to Mexican politician Arturo Montiel Rojas
DATE OF BIRTH	January 9, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
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