Madeleine Albright

Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová; May 15, 1937) is an American politician and diplomat.

She is the first female United States Secretary of State in U.S. history, having served from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton.

Along with her family, Albright immigrates to the United States in 1948 from Czechoslovakia.

Her father, diplomat Josef Korbel, settles the family in Denver, Colorado, and she becoms a U.S. citizen in 1957.[

Albright graduates from Wellesley College in 1959 and earns a PhD from Columbia University in 1975, writing her thesis on the Prague Spring.

She works as an aide to Senator Edmund Muskie before taking a position under Zbigniew Brzezinski on the National Security Council.

She serves in this position until 1981, when President Jimmy Carter leaves office.

After leaving the National Security Council, Albright joins the academic faculty of Georgetown University and advises Democratic candidates regarding foreign policy

After Clinton's victory in the 1992 presidential election, Albright helps assemble his National Security Council.

In 1993, Clinton appoints her to the position of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

She holds that position until 1997, when she succeeds Warren Christopher as Secretary of State.

Albright serves in this capacity until Clinton left office in 2001.

Albright has served as chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group since 2009.

She is the Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.

In May 2012, she is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama.

Secretary Albright also serves on the board of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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