What is Madeleine Albright?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Madeleine Albright |office = 64th [[United States Secretary of State]] |image = Secalbright.jpg |caption = Official portrait, c. 1997 |deputy = [[Strobe Talbott]] |predecessor = [[Warren Christopher]] |president = [[Bill Clinton]] |successor = [[Colin Powell]] |signature = Madeleine Albright Signature.svg |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |office1 = 20th [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] |predecessor1 = [[Edward J. Perkins]] |president1 = [[Bill Clinton]] |successor1 = [[Bill Richardson]] |birth_name = Marie Jana Korbelová |birth_date = {{birth date|1937|5|15}} |birth_place = [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]]<br>(now [[Czech Republic]]) |death_date = {{death date and age|2022|3|23|1937|5|15}} |death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States|U.S.]] |residence = [[Purcellville, Virginia]]<ref>[http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/madeleine-albrights-house/view/google/ Madeleine Albright's House in Purcellville, VA (Google Maps)] Retrieved 2018-05-08.</ref> |spouse = {{marriage|[[Joseph Medill Patterson Albright]]<br>|1959|1982|end=div}} |children = 3 |term_start = January 23, 1997 |term_end = January 20, 2001 |term_start1 = January 27, 1993 |term_end1 = January 21, 1997 |education = [[Wellesley College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Johns Hopkins University]]<br>{{nowrap|[[Columbia University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}} }} '''Madeleine Korbel Albright''' (born '''Marie Jana Korbelová'''; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American [[diplomat]] and politician of [[Czech Republic|Czech]]-[[Jew]]ish descent. She was born in [[Czechoslovakia]]. Her father was [[Josef Korbel]]. She was the first woman to become [[United States Secretary of State]]. She was appointed by President [[Bill Clinton]] on December 5, 1996. Ninety-nine [[United States Senator]]s voted to confirm her. No senator voted against her. She was sworn i