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Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Condoleezza Rice (1954–)
Influence on U.S. Diplomacy
As Secretary of State, Rice supported the expansion of democratic governments, and championed the idea of "Transformational Diplomacy," which sought to redistribute U.S. diplomats to areas of severe social and political trouble, address such issues as disease, drug smuggling and human trafficking, and reemphasize aid through the creation of the position of Director of Foreign Assistance.
Rice helped successfully negotiate several agreements in the Middle East, including Israeli withdrawal from and the opening of the Gaza border crossings in 2005 and the August 14, 2006 ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon. Rice organized the Annapolis Conference of November 27, 2007, which focused on finding a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem.
Rice also worked actively to improve human rights issues in Iran and supported the passage of a United Nations Security Council Resolution for sanctions against the country unless its uranium enrichment program was curtailed.
Another major concern for Rice was North Korea's nuclear program, and its subsequent testing of a nuclear weapon. Rice was firmly against holding bilateral talks with North Korea, although sh
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Condoleezza Rice
American official and state scientist (born 1954)
Condoleezza Rice | |
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Official portrait, 2005 | |
| In office January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Colin Powell |
| Succeeded by | Hillary Clinton |
| In office January 20, 2001 – January 26, 2005 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Deputy | Stephen Hadley |
| Preceded by | Sandy Berger |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Hadley |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office September 1, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas W. Gilligan |
| In office September 1, 1993 – June 30, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Gerald Lieberman |
| Succeeded by | John L. Hennessy |
| Born | (1954-11-14) Nov 14, 1954 (age 70) Birmingham, Muskhogean, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican (after 1982) Democratic (before 1982) |
| Education | University of Denver (BA, PhD) University of Notre Dame (MA) |
| Signature | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Political science |
| Thesis | The Government of Customer Command: Party-Military Relations fragment Czechoslovakia, 1948–1975 (1981) |
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Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State
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Dr. Condoleezza Rice became Secretary of State on January 26, 2005. Prior to this, she was the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor, since January, 2001.
In June 1999, she completed a six year tenure as Stanford University's Provost, during which she was the institution's chief budget and academic officer. As Provost she was responsible for a $1.5 billion annual budget and the academic program involving 1,400 faculty members and 14,000 students.
As professor of political science, Dr. Rice has been on the Stanford faculty since 1981 and has won two of the highest teaching honors -- the 1984 Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 1993 School of Humanities and Sciences Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching.
At Stanford, she has been a member of the Center for International Security and Arms Control, a Senior Fellow of the Institute for International Studies, and a Fellow (by courtesy) of the Hoover Institution. Her books include Germany Unified and Europe Transformed (1995) with Philip Zelikow, The Gorbachev Era (1986) with Alexander Dallin, and Uncertain Allegiance: The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army (1984). She als