Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington (born Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoúlou,  ; on July 15, 1950) is a Greek-American author and syndicated columnist. She is best known for her news website The Huffington Post. She was a one-time liberal democrat. She later became a  popular conservative commentator in the mid-1990s, after which she adopted liberal political beliefs in the late 1990s. She is the former spouse of former Republican congressman Michael Huffington.

 Political career 
In 2003, she ran as an independent candidate for Governor in the California recall election.

 Personal life 
Huffington was born Ariánna Stasinopoúlou in Athens, Greece on July 15, 1950. She studied economics at Girton College, Cambridge. Huffington was married to Michael Huffington from 1986 until they divorced in 1997. She became an American citizen in 1990.

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Other websites



 Column archive at The Huffington Post
 Column archive  at AlterNet

 Campaign contributions made by Arianna Huffington 

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