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Madeleine Albright | |
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 Official portrait, c. 1997 | |
| 64th United States Secretary of State | |
| In office January 23, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Deputy | Strobe Talbott |
| Preceded by | Warren Christopher |
| Succeeded by | Colin Powell |
| 20th United States Ambassador to the United Nations | |
| In office January 27, 1993 – January 21, 1997 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Edward J. Perkins |
| Succeeded by | Bill Richardson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marie Jana Korbelová May 15, 1937 Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Died | March 23, 2022 (aged 84) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Purcellville, Virginia[1] |
| Education | Wellesley College (BA) Johns Hopkins University Columbia University (MA, PhD) |
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Madeleine Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and politician of Czech-Jewish descent.
She was born in Czechoslovakia. Her father was Josef Korbel. She was the first woman to become United States Secretary of State. She was appointed by President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996. Ninety-nine United States Senators voted to confirm her. No senator voted against her. She was sworn in (taking office) on January 23, 1997.[2] She was a professor at Georgetown University before her death.
Before she was Secretary of State, Albright was the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. She began at the UN on February 6, 1993.[2]
Albright died on March 23, 2022 from cancer in Washington, D.C. at the age of 84.[3][4]
- ↑ Madeleine Albright's House in Purcellville, VA (Google Maps) Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Biography: Madeleine Korbel Albright". Secretary.state.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
- ↑ Kelly, Caroline (March 23, 2022). "Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies". CNN. Archived from the original on March 23, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
- ↑ McFadden, Robert D. (March 23, 2022). "Madeleine Albright, First Woman to Serve as Secretary of State, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 23, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2022.