Madeleine Korbel Albright (May 15, 1937) is the first woman to become a United States Secretary of State. She was appointed by U.S. President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, and was unanimously confirmed by a U.S. Senate vote of 99-0. She was sworn in on January 23, 1997.
Albright was born Marie Jana Korbelová in the Smíchov district of Prague, Czechoslovakia. At the time of her birth, Czechoslovakia had been independent for fewer than twenty y...
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