Madeleine Albright
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.
Madeleine Albright | |
|---|---|
 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] |
| Signatur |  |
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- ↑ Albright was raised Catholic and is affiliated by choice with an Episcopal church.[1] 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.[2] (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.