What is Colin Powell?
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Colin Powell | image = Colin Powell official Secretary of State photo.jpg | caption = Official portrait, January 2001 | office = 65th [[United States Secretary of State]] | president = [[George W. Bush]] | deputy = [[Richard Armitage (naval officer)|Richard Armitage]] | term_start = January 20, 2001 | term_end = January 26, 2005 | predecessor = [[Madeleine Albright]] | successor = [[Condoleezza Rice]] | office1 = 12th [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] | president1 = [[George H. W. Bush]]<br />[[Bill Clinton]] | deputy1 = [[Robert T. Herres]]<br />[[David E. Jeremiah]] | term_start1 = October 1, 1989 | term_end1 = September 30, 1993 | predecessor1 = [[William J. Crowe]] | successor1 = [[John Shalikashvili]] | office2 = 16th [[National Security Advisor (United States)|United States National Security Advisor]] | president2 = [[Ronald Reagan]] | deputy2 = [[John Negroponte]] | term_start2 = November 23, 1987 | term_end2 = January 20, 1989 | predecessor2 = [[Frank Carlucci]] | successor2 = [[Brent Scowcroft]] | office3 = [[United States Deputy National Security Advisor]] | president3 = Ronald Reagan | term_start3 = December 1986 | term_end3 = November 23, 1987 | predecessor3 = [[Peter Rodman]] | successor3 = [[John Negroponte]] | birth_name = Colin Luther Powell | birth_date = {{birth date|1937|4|5}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|[[New York City]], U.S.}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|18|1937|4|5}} | death_place = [[Bethesda, Maryland]], U.S. | death_cause = Problems caused by [[COVID-19]] | party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br>(before 1995, 2021) | otherparty