Update
First woman in office
Ex-US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dies
03/23/2022, 7:38 p.m
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is dead. Her family announces this. She was 84 years old and succumbed to cancer. Albright was the first woman to hold this post in the United States.
She was born Marie Jana Korbelova in Prague in 1937, the eldest of three children in a Jewish family of diplomats. After German troops invaded, the family first emigrated to England, where Albright, unaware of her Jewish origins, was raised as a Catholic.
In 1948 her family fled to the United States. She later studied political science and law there. Albright has been involved with the US Democrats since the 1970s. During Jimmy Carter’s presidency, she worked in the White House.
Albright became ambassador of the US government in New York under President Bill Clinton and caused a stir with her powerful demeanor. In 1997 she took up the post of Foreign Minister, which she held until 2001. In doing so, she became a leading voice in US foreign policy in the 20th century. During her four-year tenure, she had visited 95 countries.
