Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright | |
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 Madeleine Albright, c. 1997 | |
| 64t Unitit States Secretar o State | |
| In office Januar 23, 1997 – Januar 20, 2001 | |
| Preses | Bill Clinton |
| Precedit bi | Warren Christopher |
| Succeedit bi | Colin Powell |
| 20t Unitit States Ambassador tae the Unitit Nations | |
| In office Januar 27, 1993 – Januar 21, 1997 | |
| Preses | Bill Clinton |
| Precedit bi | Edward Perkins |
| Succeedit bi | Bill Richardson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marie Jana Korbelová 15 Mey 1937 Prague, Czechoslovakie (now Czech Republic) |
| Dee'd | 23 Mairch 2022 (aged 84) |
| Poleetical pairty | Democratic |
| Spoose(s) | Joseph Albright (1959–1982) |
| Bairns | Anne Alice Katie |
| Alma mater | Wellesley College Johns Hopkins Varsity Columbia Varsity |
| Religion | Episcopalian (Umwhile Roman Catholicism)[1] |
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Madeleine Korbelová Albright (born Mey 15, 1937; deed Mairch 23, 2022) wis the furst wumman tae become the Unitit States Secretar o State. She wis nominatit bi U.S. Preses Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, an wis unanimously confirmed bi a U.S. Senate vote o 99–0. She wis sworn in on Januar 23, 1997.
Albright the nooserves as a professor o Internaitional Relations at Georgetown Varsity's Walsh Schuil o Foreign Service. She haulds a PhD frae Columbia Varsity an numerous honorary degrees. In Mey 2012, she wis awairdit the Presidential Medal o Freedom bi US Preses Barack Obama.[2] Secretar Albright an aa serves as a director on the board o the Cooncil on Foreign Relations.[3]
Albright is fluent in Inglis, French, Roushie, an Czech; she speaks an reads Pols an Serbo-Croatie as well.[4]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Albright was raised Catholic and is affiliated by choice with an Episcopal church. But traditional Judaism, which considers neither conversion nor nonaffiliation as relevant to Jewish status, considers Albright Jewish based on her mother's having been Jewish. (See Judaism#What makes a person Jewish?)
- ↑ Cohen, Tom (29 Mey 2012). "Albright, Dylan among recipients of Presidential Medal of Freedom". CNN. Archived frae the original on 21 Januar 2014. Retrieved 23 Januar 2014.
- ↑ "Board of Directors – Council on Foreign Relations". Cfr.org. 14 Mey 2006. Archived frae the original on 3 November 2010. Retrieved 1 Juin 2009. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help) - ↑ Brockes, Emma (30 October 2003). "Interview: Madeleine Albright". The Guardian. London.
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