
Madeleine Albright
Politician
1937 –
Who is Madeleine Albright?
Madeleine Korbelová Albright was the first woman to become the United States Secretary of State. She was nominated by U.S. President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, and was unanimously confirmed by a U.S. Senate vote of 99–0. She was sworn in on January 23, 1997.
Albright currently serves as a Professor of International Relations at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. She holds a PhD from Columbia University and numerous honorary degrees. In May 2012, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President Barack Obama. Secretary Albright also serves as a Director on the Board of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Albright is fluent in English, French, Russian, and Czech; she speaks and reads Polish and Serbo-Croatian as well.
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- Born
- May 15, 1937
Prague - Also known as
- Marie Jana Korbelová
- Madeleine Korbel Albright
- Marie Jana Korbelova
- Sec'y. Madeleine Albright
- Dr. Madeleine Albright
- Secretary Madeleine Albright
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Joseph Medill Patterson Albright
(1959/06/11 - 1982)
- Joseph Medill Patterson Albright
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Episcopal Church
- Anglicanism
- Ethnicity
- Czech American
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Czech Republic
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Wellesley College
- Kent Denver School
- Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
- Williams College
- Employment
- Georgetown University
- Albright Group
- Lived in
- Prague
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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