Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright is an American politician and diplomat.
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She served as the 64th United States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton.
Albright was the first female secretary of state in U.S. history.
Madeleine was born on May 15, 1937, in Prague, Czechoslovakia to Josef Korbel, a Czech diplomat and Anna Korbel.
She immigrated with her family to the United States in 1948 from Czechoslovakia.
Her father, diplomat Josef Korbel, settled the family in Denver, Colorado, and became a U.S. citizen in 1957.
Albright worked as an aide to Senator Edmund Muskie before taking a position under Zbigniew Brzezinski on the National Security Council.
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What nationality is Madeleine Albright?
Albright is a dual-citizen. She is Czechoslovakian and American.
When did Madeleine Albright get married?
Madeleine Albright got married to her husband Joseph Medill Patterson Albright in 1959.
The couple had three daughters before divorcing in 1982.
Where did Madeleine Albright go to college?
Madeleine Albright graduated from Wellesley College in 1959 and earned a master’s degree from Columbia University in 1968.
She later received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1975.


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