Ex-US Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger Dies At 100
A United States former Secretary of State and towering influential diplomat, Henry Kissinger, has died at the age of 100.
A statement from his consulting firm, Kissinger Associates Inc., announced that Kissinger died on Wednesday, at his home in Connecticut.
A Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, Kissinger became a naturalised US citizen on June 19, 1943. He joined the US Army that year, serving as an interpreter and intelligence officer on the European front during World War II.
He then entered Harvard University, earning a bachelor’s degree (1950), a master’s (1952) and a doctorate (1954).
He was secretary of state and national security adviser under two Republican presidents, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, and advised powerful leaders in both American political parties for decades.
Kissinger’s worldview revolved around “great power competition,” the idea that decisions made by the US, its allies and rivals are generally motivated by their national interests, rather than concerns about others or even accepted moral norms.
Ex-US Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger Dies At 100
A United States former Secretary of State and towering influential diplomat, Henry Kissinger, has died at the age of 100.
A statement from his consulting firm, Kissinger Associates Inc., announced that Kissinger died on Wednesday, at his home in Connecticut.
A Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, Kissinger became a naturalised US citizen on June 19, 1943. He joined the US Army that year, serving as an interpreter and intelligence officer on the European front during World War II.
He then entered Harvard University, earning a bachelor’s degree (1950), a master’s (1952) and a doctorate (1954).
He was secretary of state and national security adviser under two Republican presidents, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, and advised powerful leaders in both American political parties for decades.
Kissinger’s worldview revolved around “great power competition,” the idea that decisions made by the US, its allies and rivals are generally motivated by their national interests, rather than concerns about others or even accepted moral norms.
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