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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 immigrated to the United States in 1948 from Czechoslovakia. Her father, diplomat Josef Korbel, settled the family in Denver, Colorado, and she became a U.S. citizen in 1957. Albright graduated from Wellesley College in 1959 and earned a PhD from Columbia University in 1975, writing her thesis on the Prague Spring. She worked as an aide to Senator Edmund Muskie before taking a position under Zbigniew Brzezinski on the National Security Council. She served in that position until 1981, when President Jimmy Carter left office.

After leaving the National Security Council, Albright joined the academic faculty of Georgetown University and advised Democratic candidates regarding foreign policy. After Clinton's victory in the 1992 presidential election, Albright helped assemble his National Security Council. In 1993, Clinton appointed her to the position of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. She held that position until 1997, when she succeeded Warren Christopher as Secretary of State. Albright served in that 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 was 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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Erindringer i det 21. århundrede

En erindringsbog om det 21. århundrede fra en af verdens mest beundrede og utrættelige politikere, USA's tidligere udenrigsminister Madeleine Albright.
Da Madeleine Albright i 2001 forlod jobbet som USA's første kvindelige udenrigsminister, spurgte journalister hende om, hvordan hun gerne ville huskes. Hendes svar lød: "Jeg vil ikke huskes. Jeg er her stadig og har meget mere, jeg gerne vil udrette. Selv om det lyder svært, ønsker jeg, at hvert nyt kapitel af mit liv bliver endnu mere interessant end det forrige."
På dét tidspunkt overvejede eks-udenrigsminister Albright sine muligheder: Hun kunne skrive, undervise, rejse, holde taler, starte en forretning op, kæmpe for demokrati, hjælpe med at styrke kvinder, lave kampagner for politiske kandidater og bruge mere tid med sine børnebørn. Hun besluttede at gøre det hele. I næsten 20 år har hun været i konstant bevægelse, mens hun har navigeret i en halv snes forskellige professioner og været op og toppes med præsidenter og statsministre. Hun har på samme tid været pioner og givet stemme til millioner, der længes efter respekt, uanset køn, baggrund og alder.
Madeleine Albrights nye bog – den syvende, som efterfølger seks New York Times-bestsellere – viser nye sider af denne bemærkelsesværdige kvinde. Både de sjoveste, mest intime og mest alvorlige. Det er en fortælling om vor tid, fortalt af en kvinde med en mageløs glæde ved livet.
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Publish date29 May 2020
Published byGads Forlag
Languagedan
ISBN audio9788712062523