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  1. Oct 8, 2024 · Madeleine Albright (born May 15, 1937, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now in the Czech Republic]—died March 23, 2022, Washington, D.C., U.S.) was a Czech -born American public official who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (1993–97) and who was the first woman to hold the cabinet post of U.S. secretary of state (1997–2001).

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  2. Madeleine Albright. Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright[1] (born Marie Jana Körbelová, later Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) [2][3] was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman to hold that post.

  3. Mar 24, 2022 · Madeleine Albright was the first senior U.S. official to meet Vladimir Putin shortly after his abrupt ascendancy to the Russian Presidency, in 2000. They spoke for nearly three hours about ...

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  4. Mar 8, 2024 · Madeleine completed her education at Columbia University, earning a certificate in Russian studies in 1968 and her M.A. and Ph.D. in public law and government in 1976. Adviser and Educator

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  5. Mar 24, 2022 · By Matthew Lee • Published March 24, 2022. Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died at age 84. Madeleine Albright fled the Nazis as a child and climbed to the ...

  6. May 23, 2018 · Albright, Madeleine Korbel (1937– ) US stateswoman, secretary of state (1997–2000), b. Czechoslovakia. Following Bill Clinton's re-election (1996), Albright became the first woman to hold the office of secretary of state. She was a hawkish advocate of US military involvement in the Gulf War and the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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  8. Albright Americanized her name to Madeleine, became a U.S. citizen in 1957, and earned a B.A. in political science with honors from Wellesley College in 1959. She earned the Ph.D. in Public Law and Government at Columbia University in 1976. Albright served as chief legislative assistant to Senator Edmund Muskie (D-Me) from 1976 to 1978.

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