Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. Secretary of State, has died at the age of 84, according to her family in a statement posted on Twitter.
Albright had been struggling with cancer and &#8220;was surrounded by family and friends&#8221; at the time of her death, according to the family.
&#8220;We are heartbroken to announce that Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, the 64th U.S. Secretary of State and the first woman to hold that position, passed away earlier today. The cause was cancer,&#8221; the family said via Twitter.
“We have lost a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend,&#8221; the statement added.
&#8220;Madeleine Albright, born Marie Jana Korbelova, was a native of Prague who came to the United States as a refugee in 1948 and rose to the heights of American policy-making, receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012, the nation&#8217;s highest civilian honor,&#8221; the family said.
&#8220;A tireless champion of democracy and human rights, she was at the time of her death a professor at Georgetown University&#8217;s School of Foreign Service, chair of Albright Stonebridge Group, part of Dentons Global Advisors, chair of Albright Capital Management, president of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, chair of the National Democratic Institute, chair of the U.S. Defense Policy Board, and an author,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;She founded the Albright Institute for Global Affairs at Wellesley College, served as a lifetime trustee of The Aspen Institute, and was a member of the chapter of the Washington National Cathedral.&#8221;
The family&#8217;s full statement can be read here:
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Below is a statement from the family of <a href="https://twitter.com/madeleine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Madeleine</a>: <a href="https://t.co/C7Xt0EN5c9">pic.twitter.com/C7Xt0EN5c9</a>
&mdash; Madeleine Albright (@madeleine) <a href="https://twitter.com/madeleine/status/1506699712199593985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
As <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/madeleine-albright-first-female-secretary-state-dies-84-rcna21247">noted</a> by NBC News, Albright played a prominent role in the Clinton administration and was honored by President Barack Obama in 2012:
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Then-President Bill Clinton named Albright U.S. ambassador to the United Nations shortly after he was inaugurated in 1993, and nominated her as secretary of state three years later. She served in the post for four years, actively promoting the expansion of NATO and military intervention in Kosovo.
In 2012, then-President Barack Obama <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna47601897" target="_blank" rel="noopener">awarded Albright</a> the Medal of Freedom, the country&#8217;s highest civilian honor.
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NBC News also <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/madeleine-albright-first-female-secretary-state-dies-84-rcna21247">flagged</a> that in a 2020 interview with Elle magazine, Albright stated, “I never thought that I would have the kind of life I’ve had. Being Secretary of State and sitting behind the sign that said the United States, especially since I wasn’t born here, and I am a very grateful American.”
The Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/former-secretary-of-state-madeleine-albright-dies-at-84/">noted</a> that Albright&#8217;s life experience prepped her for her role as Secretary of State:
<blockquote>Albright&#8217;s experience as a refugee prompted her to push for the United States to be a superpower which used that clout. She wanted a &#8220;muscular internationalism,&#8221; said James O&#8217;Brien, a senior adviser to Albright during the Bosnian war.
She once upset a Pentagon chief by asking why the military maintained more than 1 million men and women under arms if they never used them.
Early in the Clinton administration, while she unsuccessfully advocated for a quicker, stronger response in Bosnia, Albright backed a United Nations war crimes tribunal that eventually put the architects of that war, including Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnian Serb leaders, in jail, O&#8217;Brien said.</blockquote>
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