Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
Farewell to Madeleine Albright: she was ill with cancer
Madeleine Albright, the first female secretary of state in the United States, died at 84. A fundamental figure in the history of American politics, especially after the Cold War, she had long been ill with cancer. She was born in Prague on May 15, 1937, with the name of Marie Jana Korbelováin her Czechoslovakia she had managed to escape Nazi persecution during World War II.
The escape from the Nazi persecution
After leaving his country following the annexation by the troops of Adolf Hitler he moved to London, before returning to his homeland with the end of the war. However, the advent of communism prompted her and her family to move permanently to the United States, where she married the journalist. Joseph Medill Patterson Albrightfrom which she later divorced in 1982.
A champion of diplomacy
After serving as US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, in the second term of Bill Clinton (1997/2001) was the first woman to hold the post of Secretary of State. In 2000, due to her diplomatic skills, she was sent to North Korea for a historic meeting with the North Korean leader. Kim Jong-il. Female figure capable of reaching the highest institutional levels for her time, according to many she could also have aspired to the White House, if American law did not expressly forbid it for those born abroad.
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