Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice
	Official portrait, 2005
66th United States Secretary of State
	In office; January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009
President	George W. Bush
Deputy	Richard Armitage; Robert Zoellick; John Negroponte;
Preceded by	Colin Powell
Succeeded by	Hillary Clinton
19th United States National Security Advisor
	In office; January 20, 2001 – January 26, 2005
President	George W. Bush
Deputy	Stephen Hadley
Preceded by	Sandy Berger
Succeeded by	Stephen Hadley
8th Director of the Hoover Institution
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; September 1, 2020
Preceded by	Thomas W. Gilligan
10th Provost of Stanford University
	In office; September 1, 1993 – June 30, 1999
Preceded by	Gerald Lieberman
Succeeded by	John L. Hennessy
Personal details
Born	Condoleezza Rice; November 14, 1954 (age 70); Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Political party	Republican (after 1982); Democratic (before 1982)
Education	University of Denver (BA, PhD); University of Notre Dame (MA)
Signature
	Scientific career
Fields	Political science
Thesis	The Politics of Client Command: Party-Military Relations in Czechoslovakia, 1948–1975 (1981)
	Condoleezza Rice's voice Rice testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the FY2008 Department of State budget; Recorded February 7, 2007

Condoleezza Rice (/ˌkɒndəˈliːzə/ KON-də-LEE-zə; born November 14, 1954)^[1]^[2] is an American diplomat and political scientist. She was the 66th United States secretary of state from 2005 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, she was also the U.S. national security advisor from 2001 to 2005 under President George W. Bush. Rice was the first African-American woman secretary of state and national security advisor in U.S. history.^[3]^[4]

Rice was born in Birmingham, Alabama as the only child to John W. Rice. She grew up in the Southern United States where it was racially segregated. She got a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Denver and her master's degree from the University of Notre Dame.

In 1981, Rice got a Doctor of Philosophy from the School of International Studies at the University of Denver.^[5]^[6] She worked at the U.S. Department of State under President Jimmy Carter. She served on the National Security Council to President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1991.

In 2001, Rice became the U.S. national security advisor under President George W. Bush. In 2005, she became the U.S. secretary of State. Since 2020, she has been the 8th director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.^[7]^[8]

References

↑ "Condoleezza Rice | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2024-06-19. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
↑ "Condoleezza Rice - Education, Quotes & Family". Biography. 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
↑ "Condoleezza Rice". National Women's History Museum. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
↑ "Condoleezza Rice -". Archives of Women's Political Communication. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
↑ "Condoleezza Rice". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Archived from the original on August 23, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
↑ Plotz, David (May 12, 2000). "Condoleezza Rice: George W. Bush's celebrity adviser". Slate. Archived from the original on August 23, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
↑ "Condoleezza Rice". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
↑ "Condoleezza Rice". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2024-07-19.

Official websites

"Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Condoleezza Rice". Office of the Historian.

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[1] "Condoleezza Rice | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2024-06-19. Retrieved 2024-07-19.

[2] "Condoleezza Rice - Education, Quotes & Family". Biography. 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2024-07-19.

[3] "Condoleezza Rice". National Women's History Museum. Retrieved 2024-07-19.

[4] "Condoleezza Rice -". Archives of Women's Political Communication. Retrieved 2024-07-19.

[faculty/condoleezza-5] "Condoleezza Rice". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Archived from the original on August 23, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2018.

[slate2000-6] Plotz, David (May 12, 2000). "Condoleezza Rice: George W. Bush's celebrity adviser". Slate. Archived from the original on August 23, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2019.

[7] "Condoleezza Rice". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2024-07-19.

[8] "Condoleezza Rice". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2024-07-19.

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v t e Cabinet of President George W. Bush (2001–2009)
Vice President	Richard B. Cheney (2001–2009)
Secretary of State	Colin Powell (2001–2005) • Condoleezza Rice (2005–2009)
Secretary of the Treasury	Paul H. O'Neill (2001–2002) • John Snow (2002–2006) • Henry Paulson (2006–2009)
Secretary of Defense	Donald Rumsfeld (2001–2006) • Robert Gates (2006–2009)
Attorney General	John Ashcroft (2001–2005) • Alberto Gonzales (2005–2007) • Michael Mukasey (2007–2009)
Secretary of the Interior	Gale Norton (2001–2006) • Dirk Kempthorne (2006–2009)
Secretary of the Agriculture	Ann Veneman (2001–2005) • Mike Johanns (2005–2007) • Ed Schafer (2008–2009)
Secretary of Commerce	Donald Evans (2001–2005) • Carlos Gutierrez (2005–2009)
Secretary of Labor	Elaine Chao (2001–2009)
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Tommy Thompson (2001–2005) • Mike Leavitt (2005–2009)
Secretary of Education	Rod Paige (2001–2005) • Margaret Spellings (2005–2009)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Mel Martínez (2001–2003) • Alphonso Jackson (2003–2008) • Steve Preston (2008–2009)
Secretary of Transportation	Norman Mineta (2001–2006) • Mary Peters (2006–2009)
Secretary of Energy	Spencer Abraham (2001–2005) • Samuel Bodman (2005–2009)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Anthony Principi (2001–2005) • Jim Nicholson (2005–2007) • James Peake (2007–2009)
Secretary of Homeland Security	Tom Ridge (2003–2005) • Michael Chertoff (2005–2009)
Chief of Staff	Andrew Card (2001–2006) • Joshua Bolten (2006–2009)
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Christine Todd Whitman (2001–2003) • Mike Leavitt (2003–2005) • Stephen Johnson (2005–2009)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Mitch Daniels (2001–2003) • Joshua Bolten (2003–2006) • Rob Portman (2006–2007) • Jim Nussle (2007–2009)
Director of National Drug Control Policy	John Walters (2001–2009)
Trade Representative	Robert Zoellick (2001–2005) • Rob Portman (2005–2006) • Susan Schwab (2006-2009)