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Madeleine K. Albright

Secretary of State, USA

1997-2001

 

Council Members

 

Corazon Aquino President, The Philippines, 1986-92

 

Michelle Bachelet President, Chile, 2005-present

Benazir Bhutto Prime Minister, Pakistan, 1988-90, 1993-97

Gro Harlem Brundtland Prime Minister, Norway, 1981, 1986-1989, and 1990-1996

Kim Campbell Prime Minister, Canada, 1993

Violeta B. de Chamorro President, Nicaragua, 1990-96

Dame Eugenia Charles Prime Minister, Dominica, 1980-95

Tansu Çiller Prime Minister, Turkey, 1993-96

Helen Clark Prime Minister, New Zealand, 1999 - present

Edith Cresson Prime Minister, France, 1991-92

Ruth Dreifuss President, Switzerland, 1998-99

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir President, Iceland, 1980-96

Pamela Gordon Premier, Bermuda, 1997-1998

Tarja Halonen President, Finland, 2000 - present

Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister, Bangladesh, 1996 – 2001

Janet Jagan President, Guyana, 1997-1999

 

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President, Liberia, 2005-present

Chandrika Kumaratunga President, Sri Lanka, 1994 - present

Maria Liberia-Peters Prime Minister, Netherlands Antilles, 1984-86, 1988-94

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo President, The Philippines, 2001-present

Mary McAleese President, Ireland, 1997 – present

Beatriz Merino Prime Minister, Peru, 2003

Mireya Moscoso President, Panama, 1999-2003

Maria Das Neves Prime Minster, Sao Tome and Principe, 2002-present

Kazimiera Prunskiene Prime Minister, Lithuania, 1990-91

Mary Robinson President, Ireland, 1990-97

Suzanne Camelia-Romer Prime Minister, Netherlands Antilles, 1993, 1998-1999

Jenny Shipley Prime Minister, New Zealand, 1997-1999

Jennifer Smith Premier, Bermuda, 1998 - 2003

Hanna Suchocka Prime Minister, Poland, 1992-93

Vaira Vike-Freiberga President, Latvia, 1999 - present

Begum Khaleda Zia Prime Minister, Bangladesh, 1991-96

 

   

Text Box: Madeleine K. Albright, Chair of the Council's Women's Ministerial Initiative. 
(b. 1937) Madeleine Korbel Albright served as the first woman Secretary of State of the United States when she was appointed by President Clinton in 1997 and became, at that time, the highest ranking woman in the history of the US government.  Previous to that appointment, from 1993 to 1997, Dr. Albright was the United States representative to the United Nations.  
Dr. Albright is the founder of The Albright Group LLC, a global strategy firm and first Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.  She is the Chairman of The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, Chair of The Pew Global Attitudes Project, President of the Truman Scholarship Foundation and serves on the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Institute.  Dr. Albright received her B.A. with Honors, from Wellesley College, Masters and Doctorate from Columbia University’s Department of Public Law and Government, as well as a Certificate from the Russian Institute.  Dr. Albright was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and immigrated to America with her family in 1948.  
 
 

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