Madeleine Albright

Also known as Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright, Madeleine Korbel Albright, Madeleine K. Albright, Marie Jana Körbelová, Madeleine Jana Korbel

United States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001

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Madeleine Albright served as the United States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001, making her the chief diplomat and foreign policy advisor to President Bill Clinton during his second term. Her tenure was significant because she was the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. government at that time and shaped American foreign policy during major events including the expansion of NATO, the Kosovo conflict, and ongoing tensions with Iraq and other nations.

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Focus on the issues, Europe
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Mevrouw de minister
Reflections on the Holocaust
Crossing the Atlantic

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Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Madeleine Albright was an American politician and diplomat. She is the first female United States Secretary of State, having served from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Along with her family, Albright immigrated to the United States in 1948 from Czechoslovakia.

Known for

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? — Self2024
The Corridors of Power — Self2022
How to Become a Tyrant — Self2021
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President — Self2020
History 101 — Self (archive footage)2020
Korea: The Never-Ending War — Self (archive footage)2019
The Final Year — Self2018
Inside North Korea — Self - Former U.S. Secretary of State 1997–20012017
The Nineties — Self2017
American Umpire2016

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Instance of: human
Given name: Madeleine
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Prague
Place of death: Washington, D.C.
Father: Josef Korbel
Occupation: autobiographer
Position held: United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Employer: Georgetown University
Political party: Democratic Party (United States)
Languages spoken: Czech
Religion: Episcopal Church
Field of work: opinion journalism
Image: Madeleine Albright 1997.jpg
Number of children: 3
Work location: Washington, D.C.

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ethnic group: Jewish people
Commons category: Madeleine Albright
date of birth: 1937-05-15
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Commons gallery: Madeleine Albright
birth name: Marie Jana Körbelová
writing language: English language
social media followers: 279250
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date of death: 2022-03-23
cause of death: cancer
name in native language: Madeleine Albright
manner of death: natural causes
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start of work period: 1972-01-01
end of work period: 2012-01-01
affiliation: Herbalife
place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery

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Encyclopedic overview

Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Körbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman to hold the position.

Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Albright immigrated to the United States after the 1948 communist coup d'état when she was eleven years old. Her father, diplomat Josef Korbel, settled the family in Denver, Colorado, and she became a U.S. citizen in 1957. Albright graduated from Wellesley College in 1959 and earned a PhD from Columbia University in 1975, writing her thesis on the Prague Spring. She worked as an aide to Senator Edmund Muskie from 1976 to 1978, before serving as a staff member on the National Security Council under Zbigniew Brzezinski. She served in that position until 1981 when President Jimmy Carter left office.

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