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MADELEINE KORBEL ALBRIGHT
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Madeleine Korbel Albright was appointed by President Clinton on January 27, 1993, as the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations. President Clinton elevated this position and made the Ambassador a member of his cabinet and a member of the National Security Council.
Prior to her appointment, Ambassador Albright was the president of the Center for National Policy. The Center is a non-profit research organization, formed in 1981 by representatives from government, industry, labor and education. Its mandate is to promote the study and discussion of domestic and international issues.
Awarded a B.A. from Wellesley College with honors in Political Science, she studied at the 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.
Ambassador Albright is fluent in French and Czech, with good speaking and reading abilities in Russian and Polish.
Ambassador Albright has three daughters.
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