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Madeleine Albright

Madeleine AlbrightAKA Marie Jana Korbelova

Born: 15-May-1937
Birthplace: Prague, Czechoslovakia

Gender: Female
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian [1]
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Diplomat
Party Affiliation: Democratic [2]

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Bill Clinton's Secretary of State

Albright's doctoral dissertation supervisor was Zbigniew Brzezinski.


[1] Raised Catholic.

[2] Foreign policy coordinator, Mondale presidential campaign, 1984. Senior foreign policy advisor, Dukakis presidential campaign, 1988.

Father: Josef Korbel
Mother: Anna Spiegelova (or Speeglova)
Husband: Joseph Medill Patterson Albright (m. May-1959, div. 1983, three daughters)
Daughter: Alice
Daughter: Anne
Daughter: Katherine

    High School: Kent Denver School, Englewood, CO (1955)
    University:
BA Political Science, Wellesley College (1959)
    Scholar: School of Advanced International Studies (1962-63)
    University: MA, Columbia University
    University: PhD, Columbia University
    Professor: International Affairs, Georgetown University (1982-83)

    US Secretary of State 23-Jan-1997 to 20-Jan-2001
    US Ambassador to the United Nations (1993-97)
    Center for National Policy President (1989-93)
    US National Security Council Staff (1978-80)
    Alfalfa Club 1997
    American Academy of Diplomacy
    Aspen Institute
    Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Honorary Member, Board of Directors
    Bretton Woods Committee
    Campaign for American Leadership in the Middle East
    Center for Strategic & International Studies
    Council of American Ambassadors
    Council on Foreign Relations
    Gore 2000
    National Democratic Institute for International Affairs Vice Chairman (1984-93)
    Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellow (1981-82)
    American Political Science Association
    American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
    EMILY's List
    Eisenhower Fellowships Trustee
    Hillary Clinton for President
    International Rescue Committee Overseer
    John Kerry for President
    New Leadership for America PAC
    Member of the Board of New York Stock Exchange
    National Women's Hall of Fame
    Naturalized US Citizen 1957
    Funeral: Katharine Graham (2001)
    Czechoslovak Ancestry
    Jewish Ancestry three grandparents

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Tanner on Tanner (5-Oct-2004) Herself

Author of books:
Threats to Democracy: Prevention and Response (2003, nonfiction)
Madam Secretary: A Memoir (2002, autobiography)
Focus on the Issues: Africa (1999, nonfiction)
Poland, the Role of the Press in Political Change (1983, nonfiction)



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