First female Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dies from cancer at the age of 84
First female Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dies at 84: Powerhouse diplomat who fled the Nazis as a child and was central to Clinton’s foreign policy passes away from cancer
- Madeleine Albright, the first woman to be Secretary of State, died on Wednesday from cancer at age 84
- The mother of three served under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001 and was a longtime diplomat
Madeleine Albright, the first woman to be Secretary of State, died on Wednesday from cancer at age 84.
The mother of three served under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001 and was a longtime diplomat.
Albright was born in 1937 in Prague, Czechoslovakia and immigrated to the United States with her family in 1948 as a refugee in the aftermath of World War II.
Albright was a member of the National Security Countil and pushed for NATO expansion eastward into the former Soviet bloc and helped lead the NATO bombing campaign in 1999 to halt ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.
She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from former President Barack Obama in 2012.
Madeleine Albright, the first woman to be Secretary of State, has died from cancer at age 84
The mother of three served under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001 and was a longtime diplomat. She is pictured with Clinton towards the end of his administration
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