Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the first woman to hold this post in the US government, died Wednesday at the age of 84, her family announced in a press release. Head of diplomacy between 1997 and 2001, in the administration of Democratic President Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright died of cancer, specify her relatives, who salute “a tireless defender of democracy and human rights“.
Madeleine Albright was born on May 15, 1937 in Prague into a Jewish family. 11 years later, his family emigrates to the United States where brilliant studies will allow him to access the highest steps of power. Just before taking the helm of American diplomacy, she held the post of United States Ambassador to the UN (1993-1997), where she left her mark, notably during the American offensive in Kosovo. US Foreign Ministry spokesman Ned Price called his death “devastating“.”She was a pioneer“, he greeted. “As the first female Secretary of State, she literally paved the way for much of our profession.“
Madeleine Albright did not only have politics in her life. The former Secretary of State was married for twenty-three years to Joseph Medill Patterson Albright, a journalist to whom she said ‘yes’ in 1959. From their marriage were born three daughters: twins Alice and Anne and Katherine , the youngest. Unfortunately, the love ended up flying away. The couple recorded their divorce in 1982. If Monsieur has rebuilt his life, Madeleine Albright has never formalized a relationship again.