| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Nationality: | French–Swiss |
| Birth Place: | Morges, Switzerland |
| Death Place: | Clamart, France |
| Death Cause: | Land mine explosion |
| Spouse: | Bruno Fuchs |
Véronique Robert (1962[1] – 24 June 2017) was a Franco-Swiss journalist and war correspondent, who died in a Paris hospital on 24 June 2017, at age 54, after being wounded in an explosion in Mosul, Iraq, five days earlier, on 19 June.[2] [3] [4]
Robert was wounded in the same mine explosion that killed Iraqi journalist Bakhtiyar Haddad and fellow French journalist Stéphan Villeneuve, and wounded Samuel Foley, who works for Le Figaro.[2] Robert and Villeneuve were working for France Télévisions on a report for the French TV documentary show Envoyé spécial.[2]
On 29 June 2017, it was announced that she would be made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.[5]
In 2007, one of her sons was raped in Dubai, prompting her to launch a campaign against the authorities.[6] [7] [8]