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Condoleezza Rice

This article is about the 66th U.S. Secretary of State. For the 23rd U.S. National Security Advisor, see Susan Rice.

Condoleezza Rice

Official portrait, 2005

In office
January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Deputy
Preceded byColin Powell
Succeeded byHillary Clinton
In office
January 20, 2001 – January 26, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
DeputyStephen Hadley
Preceded bySandy Berger
Succeeded byStephen Hadley

Incumbent

Assumed office
September 1, 2020
Preceded byThomas W. Gilligan
In office
September 1, 1993 – June 30, 1999
Preceded byGerald Lieberman
Succeeded byJohn L. Hennessy
Born (1954-11-14) November 14, 1954 (age 70)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyRepublican (after 1982)
Democratic (before 1982)
EducationUniversity of Denver (BA, PhD)
University of Notre Dame (MA)
Signature
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical science
ThesisThe Politics of Client Command: Party-Mil

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Condoleezza Rice (1954–)

Influence on U.S. Diplomacy

As Secretary of State, Rice supported the expansion of democratic governments, and championed the idea of "Transformational Diplomacy," which sought to redistribute U.S. diplomats to areas of severe social and political trouble, address such issues as disease, drug smuggling and human trafficking, and reemphasize aid through the creation of the position of Director of Foreign Assistance.

Rice helped successfully negotiate several agreements in the Middle East, including Israeli withdrawal from and the opening of the Gaza border crossings in 2005 and the August 14, 2006 ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon. Rice organized the Annapolis Conference of November 27, 2007, which focused on finding a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem.

Rice also worked actively to improve human rights issues in Iran and supported the passage of a United Nations Security Council Resolution for sanctions against the country unless its uranium enrichment program was cur


Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State

www.state.gov

Dr. Condoleezza Rice became Secretary of State on January 26, 2005. Prior to this, she was the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor, since January, 2001.

In June 1999, she completed a six year tenure as Stanford University's Provost, during which she was the institution's chief budget and academic officer. As Provost she was responsible for a $1.5 billion annual budget and the academic program involving 1,400 faculty members and 14,000 students.

As professor of political science, Dr. Rice has been on the Stanford faculty since 1981 and has won two of the highest teaching honors -- the 1984 Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 1993 School of Humanities and Sciences Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching.

At Stanford, she has been a member of the Center for International Security and Arms Control, a Senior Fellow of the Institute for International Studies, and a Fellow (by courtesy) of the Hoover Institution. Her books include

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