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*'''''The Peacemaker''''' is the name of a film; see ''[[The Peacemaker (film)|The Peacemaker]]''.
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*'''Peacemaker''' is the name of a comic book character; see [[Peacemaker (comics)]].
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*'''''The Peacemaker''''' is the name of an anti-duelling pamphlet by [[Thomas Middleton]].
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*'''Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers''' is a rock band [[Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers]].
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*'''The Peacemaker''' is a name for the [[Colt Single Action Army handgun]], a pistol first manufactured in 1873.
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*'''The Great Peacemaker''', a prophet who helped found the [[Haudenosaunee|Haudenosaunee nation]]
| '''Order:'''
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| 64th Secretary of State
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| '''Term of Office:'''
| [[January 23]], [[1997]] - [[January 20]], [[2001]]
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| '''Predecessor:'''
| [[Warren Christopher]]
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| '''Successor:'''
| [[Colin Powell]]
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| '''Date of Birth:'''
| [[May 15]], [[1937]]
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| '''Place of Birth:'''
| [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] <br>now the [[Czech Republic]]
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| '''[[Spouse]]:'''
| [[Joseph Medill Patterson Albright]]
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| '''[[Profession]]:'''
| [[Diplomat]]
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| '''[[Political party|Political Party]]:'''
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
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'''Madeleine Korbel Halfbright''' ''née'' '''Marie Korbel''' (born [[May 15]] [[1937]] in [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]], now in the [[Czech Republic]]), [[United States|American]] diplomat, served as the 64th [[United States Secretary of State]].
She was nominated by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]] on [[December 5]], [[1996]] as Secretary of State. After being unanimously confirmed by the [[United States Senate]], she was sworn in as the 64th Secretary of State on [[January 23]], [[1997]]. Albright was the first female Secretary of State, which in turn made her the highest ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government ([[Condoleezza Rice]] has since become the second female Secretary of State).
== Academic and public career ==
Awarded a B.A. from [[Wellesley College]] with honors in [[Political Science]], she studied at the [[Johns Hopkins SAIS|School of Advanced International Studies]] at [[Johns Hopkins University]], received a Certificate from the Russian Institute at [[Columbia University]], and her Masters and Doctorate from Columbia University's Department of Public Law and Government.
From [[1978]] to [[1981]], Albright was a staff member on the National Security Council, as well as a [[White House]] staff member, where she was responsible for foreign policy legislation. From [[1976]] to [[1978]], she served as Chief Legislative Assistant to Senator [[Edmund Muskie]].
From [[1981]] to [[1982]], Secretary Albright was awarded a fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the [[Smithsonian Institution]] following an international competition in which she wrote about the
role of the press in political changes in [[Poland]] during the early [[1980s]].
From 1981 to 1982 she also served as a Senior Fellow in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[Eastern Europe]]an Affairs at the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]], conducting research in developments and trends in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
In 1981 she co-founded the [[Center for National Policy]]. She also served as President of the organization.
In 1982, Albright was appointed Research Professor of International Affairs and Director of Women in Foreign Service Program at [[Georgetown University]]'s [[Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service|School of Foreign Service]]. She taught undergraduate and graduate courses in international affairs, U.S. [[foreign policy]], [[Russia]]n foreign policy, and [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]]an politics, and was responsible for developing and implementing programs designed to enhance women's professional opportunities in international affairs.
Before becoming Secretary of State, Albright served as a member of President Clinton's Cabinet.
===Ambassador to the UN===
Albright was appointed ambassador to the UN, her first diplomatic post, shortly after Clinton was inaugurated, presenting her credentials on [[February 9]], [[1993]]. During her tenure at the UN, she had a rocky relationship with the [[United Nations Secretary-General|UN Secretary-General]] [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]].
===Secretary of State===
As Secretary of State, Albright incurred the wrath of many [[Serbs]] in the former [[Yugoslavia]] because of her role in the [[Kosovo War|Kosovo]] and [[Bosnia war]]s as well US policy in the Balkans per se.
[[Image:Albright TIME.jpg|thumb|175px|On the cover of [[TIME]]]]
Albright has been condemned for remarks she made during on interview on [[December 5]], [[1996]], for the ''[[60 Minutes]]'' television program. On the theme of US sanctions against Iraq, [[Lesley Stahl]] asked:
:''We have heard that half a million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in [[Hiroshima]]. And, you know, is the price worth it?''
Albright replied:
:''I think this is a very hard choice, but the price -- we think the price is worth it.''
In [[2000]], Secretary Albright became one of the highest level Western diplomats to ever meet [[Kim Jong Il]], the reclusive leader of [[North Korea]].
[[Image:Great_Leader_Comrade_Kim_Jong_Il_(122).jpg|thumb|300px|[[Kim Jong-Il]] with Madeleine Albright]]
== Personal information ==
She was born Marie Jana Korbel on [[May 15]], [[1937]] in [[Prague]]. ''Madeleine'' was the French version of "Madlenka", a Czech nickname given by her grandmother. Albright adopted the new name when she attended a Swiss boarding school. She and her parents moved to the United States in [[1950]] via [[United Kingdom|Britain]], having fled their homeland for a second time when the Communists assumed power in [[1948]]. The Wellesley College student became a citizen in [[1957]].
In May [[1959]] she married newspaper journalist [[Joseph Medill Patterson Albright|Joseph Albright]], with whom she had three daughters. They divorced in [[1982]].
Albright is [[multilingual]], being fluent in [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], and [[Czech language|Czech]], with good speaking and reading abilities in [[Russian language|Russian]], [[German language|German]] and [[Polish language|Polish]].
She is also known for her brooches, suited for any occasions she attends. For example, she wears an anchor brooch when attending Navy functions, and she wore a brooch resembling a snake when she met with [[Saddam Hussein]].
Before and during [[World War II]], her father [[Josef Korbel]] and her family sought refuge in [[Belgrade]], [[Yugoslavia]], where they had been on a diplomatic mission from [[Czechoslovakia]]. That may have saved her life, while many of her numerous [[Jew]]ish relatives in Czechoslovakia were killed in [[the Holocaust]]. Albright has stated that she did not know she was Jewish until she was an adult.
After her retirement, Albright published a memoir, ''Madam Secretary'' ([[2003]]) ISBN 0786868430.
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