Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice
66th United States Secretary of State
In office January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009
President	George W. Bush
Deputy	Richard Armitage (2005) Robert Zoellick (2005–2006) John Negroponte (2007–2009)
Preceded by	Colin Powell
Succeeded by	Hillary Rodham Clinton
20th United States National Security Advisor
In office January 20, 2001 – January 26, 2005
President	George W. Bush
Deputy	Stephen Hadley
Preceded by	Sandy Berger
Succeeded by	Stephen Hadley
Provost of Stanford University
In office 1993–1999
Preceded by	Gerald J. Lieberman
Succeeded by	John L. Hennessy
Personal details
Born	November 14, 1954 (1954-11-14) Birmingham, Alabama
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Denver University of Notre Dame
Profession	Professor, Provost, Diplomat, Politician
Religion	Presbyterian

Condoleezza Rice (born November 14, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama) was the 66th United States Secretary of State. She was the second Secretary of State under former President George W. Bush. She took over from Colin Powell on January 26, 2005, after he stepped down. Rice was the first African American woman, second African American (after Powell), and second woman (after Madeleine Albright) to serve as Secretary of State. Her educator was Josef Korbel, he inspired her.

Before she became Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice was Bush's National Security Advisor during his first term (2001–2005). Before she did this, she was a Professor of political science at Stanford University from 1993 to 1999, where she also was the Provost.

Other websites

• Biography from the U.S. Department of State
• Biography from the White House
• Biography from the Hoover Institution
• Profile from BBC News

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