Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice (/ˌkɒndəˈliːzə/; born November 14, 1954) is an American poleetical scientist an diplomat. She served as the 66t Unitit States Secretar o State, an wis the seicont person tae hauld that affice in the admeenistration o Preses George W. Bush. Rice wis the first female African-American secretar o state, as well as the seicont African American (efter Colin Powell), an the seicont woman (efter Madeleine Albright). Rice wis Preses Bush's Naitional Security Advisor durin his first term, makin her the first woman tae serve in that poseetion. Afore jynin the Bush admeenistration, she wis a professor o poleetical science at Stanford Varsity whaur she served as Provost frae 1993 tae 1999. Rice an aa served on the Naitional Security Cooncil as the Soviet an Eastren Europe Affairs Advisor tae Preses George H.W. Bush durin the dissolution o the Soviet Union an German reunification.

Condoleezza Rice
Rice in Februar 2005
66t Unitit States Secretar o State
In office Januar 26, 2005 – Januar 20, 2009
Preses	George W. Bush
Depute	Richard Armitage Robert Zoellick John Negroponte
Precedit bi	Colin Powell
Succeedit bi	Hillary Rodham Clinton
20t Unitit States Naitional Security Advisor
In office Januar 20, 2001 – Januar 26, 2005
Preses	George W. Bush
Depute	Stephen Hadley
Precedit bi	Sandy Berger
Succeedit bi	Stephen Hadley
Provost o Stanford Varsity
In office 1993–1999
Precedit bi	Gerald Lieberman
Succeedit bi	John Hennessy
Personal details
Born	(1954-11-14) 14 November 1954 (age 70) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Poleetical pairty	Republican Pairty
Alma mater	Varsity o Denver Varsity o Notre Dame
Signatur

Follaein her confirmation as Secretar o State, Rice pioneered the policy o Transformational Diplomacy, wi a focus on democracy in the Greater Middle East. Her emphasis on supportin democratically electit govrenments faced challenges as Hamas captured a popular majority in Palestinian elections, an influential kintras includin Saudi Arabie an Egyp maintained authoritarian seestems wi U.S. support. While Secretar o State, she chaired the Millennium Challenge Corporation's board o directors.^[1]

In March 2009, Rice returned tae Stanford Varsity as a poleetical science professor an the Thomas an Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellae on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution.^[2][3] In September 2010, Rice acame a faculty member o the Stanford Graduate Schuil o Business an a director o its Global Center for Business an the Economy.^[4]