Madeleine Albright: First Female US Secretary Of State Is Dead

Madeleine Albright, the first female US Secretary Of State has died

iexclusivenews reports that a Czech immigrant who went on to become the first female secretary of state in US history, Madeleine Albright has died.

Cause of Madeleine Albright death

iexclusive News Nigeria reports that Madeleine Albright died on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, according to a statement released by her family.

Madeleine Korbel Albright, before her death, was the 64th United States Secretary of State and the first female US Secretary of State.

Madeleine Albright died of cancer, according to a message released to her official Twitter feed announcing her death.

“We are heartbroken to announce that Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, the 64th U.S. Secretary of State and the first female to hold th at position, passed away earlier today,” the statement read in part.

“The cause was cancer. She was surrounded by family and friends. We have lost a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend.”

Madeleine Albright was born Marie Jana Korbelova on May 15, 1937, in Prague. She and her family relocated to London shortly before Nazi Germany conquered Czechoslovakia. The family returned to Prague after the war.

However, according to this online news agency, the family fled to the United States as a refugee in 1948 after the Communist takeover. In 1957, Albright became a citizen of the United States.

Following Bill Clinton’s re-election as US president in 1997, Madeleine Albright was sworn in as the country’s first female Secretary of State.

Albright, a political science professor, has previously served as a foreign policy adviser to a number of Democratic presidential contenders, including Clinton.

Clinton appointed her as the United States’ ambassador to the United Nations in 1993, during his first term in office.

According to her family, Madeleine Albright “raised to the pinnacles of American policymaking, receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012, the nation’s highest civilian honor.”

“A tireless champion of democracy and human rights, she was a professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group. Part of Dentons Global Advisors. Chair of Albright Capital Management. President of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Chair of the National Democratic Institute. Chair of the United States Defense Policy Board. And an author at the time of her death.”

“She founded Wellesley College’s Albright Institute for Global Affairs, served as a lifelong trustee of The Aspen Institute, and was a member of the Washington National Cathedral’s chapter,” according to the statement.