First female US secretary of state, Madeleine Albright dies at 84
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The 64th United States Secretary of State, Madeleine Korbel Albright, died on Wednesday, according to a statement released by her family.
Albright, who was the first female US Secretary of State, was 84 years old at her death.
The statement, posted to her official Twitter page, stated that Albright died of cancer.
“We are heartbroken to announce that Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, the 64th U.S. Secretary of State and the first female to hold that position, passed away earlier today,” the statement read in part.
“The cause was cancer. She was surrounded by family and friends. We have lost a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend.”
Born Marie Jana Korbelova on May 15, 1937, Madeleine Albright was a native of Prague.
She moved with her family to London just before Nazi Germany invaded what was then Czechoslovakia. After the war, the family returned to Prague.
However, upon the Communist takeover, the family fled to the United States as a refugee in 1948. Albright became a US citizen in 1957.
Albright was sworn in as the US first female Secretary of State in 1997, following Bill Clinton’s re-election as US president.
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