WASHINGTON, DC. (THECOUNT) — The first woman US secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, who helped steer Western foreign policy in the aftermath of the Cold War, has died. She was 84 years old.
Albright’s pssing was confirmed in an email to staff of the Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm founded by Albright.
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Albright was a central figure in President Bill Clinton’s administration, first serving as US ambassador to the United Nations before becoming the nation’s top diplomat in his second term. She championed the expansion of NATO, pushed for the alliance to intervene in the Balkans to stop genocide and ethnic cleansing, sought to reduce the spread of nuclear weapons, and championed human rights and democracy across the globe, CNN.
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