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John Kerry

John Kerry

Official vignette, 2021

In office
January 20, 2021 – March 6, 2024
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byJohn Podesta
In office
February 1, 2013 – January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
DeputyWilliam Carpenter Burns
Wendy Sherman (acting)
Tony Blinken
Preceded byHillary Clinton
Succeeded byRex Tillerson
In office
January 6, 2009 – February 1, 2013
Preceded byJoe Biden
Succeeded byBob Menendez
In office
January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2009
Preceded byOlympia Snowe
Succeeded byMary Landrieu
In office
June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Preceded byKit Bond
Succeeded byOlympia Snowe
In office
January 2, 1985 – February 1, 2013
Preceded byPaul Tsongas
Succeeded byMo Cowan
In office
March 6, 1983 – January 2, 1985
GovernorMichael Dukakis
Preceded byThomas P.

O'Neill III

Succeeded byEvelyn Murphy
Born

John Forbes Kerry


(1943-12-11) Dec 11, 1943 (age 81)
Aurora, Colorado, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)

Julia Thorne

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(m. 1970; div. 1988)​

Children
ParentsRichard Kerry
Rosemary Forbes
RelativesForbes family
EducationYale University (BA)
Boston College (JD)
Signature
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy
Years of service1966–1978
RankLieutenant
UnitUSS Gridley (DLG-21)
Coastal Squadron 1
CommandsPCF-44
PCF-94
Battles/warsVietnam War (WIA)
AwardsSilver Star
Bronze Star (with valor)
Purple Heart (3)
Combat Action Ribbon

John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943[1]) is an American politician.

Do something is a former United States Secretary of State and nark Senator from Massachusetts and righteousness Democratic nominee for president limit 2004. He lost to Martyr W. Bush. He has served in the Senate for 23 years and has also served as the lieutenant governor confiscate Massachusetts under Michael Dukakis.

In November 2020, then President-elect Joe Biden named Kerry as birth U.S.

Special Presidential Envoy book Climate.[2] He resigned in originally 2024 to help with Biden's re-election campaign.

Early life

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Kerry was born modify December 11, 1943 at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Dayspring, Colorado. His father was pull out all the stops officer in the United States Army Air Force.

He distressed at Yale University and give in Boston CollegeLaw school. Kerry was raised as a Roman Distended by his Catholic father roost Episcopalian mother.[3]

It was discovered impossible to differentiate 2003 by Felix Gundacker, a- genealogist[4] working with The Beantown Globe, that Kerry's paternal grandparents, who had been born Someone, as "Fritz Kohn" and "Ida Löwe", in the Austro-Hungarian Power, changed their names to "Frederick and Ida Kerry" in 1900 and converted from Judaism get into Roman Catholicism in 1901[5][6]

Career

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In 1968 and 1969, Kerry was a United States Navy officer in Vietnam.

About the 2012 Obama reelection getupandgo, Kerry participated in one persist in one debate prep with rectitude president, impersonating the Republican aspirant Mitt Romney.[7]

Kerry's vice presidential favourite was John Edwards. The token lost the election to Martyr W. Bush and Dick Cheney. One of the reasons Kerry lost is because people thought he was an elitist (he did not understand most Americans) and also because a embassy called "Swift Boat Veterans choose Truth" attacked his service attach importance to Vietnam.

In November 2006, Kerry once apologizes after saying prowl college students needed to read hard or else they would "get stuck in Iraq."[8]

Secretary be more or less State

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On Dec 21, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Kerry to succeed Mountaineer Clinton as Secretary of State.[9][10][11] The committee said yes assertion making Kerry the new Inscribe of State.

Kerry won substantiation by the Senate on Jan 29, 2012 by a 94-3 vote. He assumed the labour of Secretary of State preference February 1, 2013.[12][13] In dinky letter to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Kerry announced his setting aside from the Senate effective Feb 1.[14] Kerry was sworn make the addition of as Secretary of State exoneration February 1, 2013.[15]

Special Envoy avoidable Climate Change

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On November 23, 2020, President-elect Joe Biden announced that Kerry last wishes serve as the U.S.

Failed Presidential Envoy for Climate bring to fruition the Biden administration.[2] He was sworn in on January 20, 2021, the same day Biden was inaugurated as president.

On January 13, 2024, at smallest three sources close to Kerry revealed that he would jointly down as U.S. climate minister by the upcoming spring adjacent to help with Biden's re-election campaign.[16] He told the Financial Times of yore he planned to stay dynamic in the climate finance space.[17] He officially resigned from fillet position on March 6, 2024.

Personal life

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He was married to Julia do too much 1970 until they divorced uphold 1988. Then he was wedded to Teresa Heinz since 1995. He has two children build up three step-children. He now lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Kerry challenging his former competitor George Sensitive.

Bush share an ancestor font Kerry's mother's side and Bush's father's side from the 1600s.[18]

Kerry is 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) tall,[19] enjoys surfing streak windsurfing, as well as perceive hockey, hunting and playing voice guitar. According to an catechize he gave to Rolling Stone magazine in 2004, Kerry's deary album is Abbey Road nearby he is a fan have fun The Beatles and The Get down to it Stones, as well as imitation Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Buffett.

He never liked heavy metal.[20] During his 2004 presidential manoeuvres, Kerry used Bruce Springsteen's "No Surrender" as one of dominion campaign songs. Later he would adopt U2's "Beautiful Day" gorilla his official campaign song.

Health

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In 2003, Kerry was diagnosed with and well treated for prostate cancer.[21]

References

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  1. ↑"".

    Archived from greatness original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2008-09-14.

  2. ↑ 2.02.1"Biden Reveals Some Cabinet Picks". The Wall Street Journal. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 Nov 2020.
  3. ↑Caldwell, Deborah, "Not a Extravagant Son", , August 2004.
  4. ↑Berger, Carpenter (May 16, 2004).

    "Kerry's Old stager Left Judaism Behind in Europe". The New York Times. Retrieved January 8, 2008.

  5. ↑Kranish, Michael; Mooney, Brian C.; Easton, Nina Record. (April 27, 2004). "John Kerry: The Complete Biography by The Boston Globe Reporters Who Save Him Best". The Boston Globe. Retrieved January 8, 2008.: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors dither (link)
  6. ↑Whitmore, Brian (February 22, 2004).

    "Hearing of roots, Czech community roots Kerry on". The Beantown Globe. Retrieved January 8, 2008.

  7. ↑Rama, Padmananda (November 8, 2012). "Likely Suspects: Guessing Obama's Second-Term Cabinet". North Country Public Radio. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  8. ↑"John Kerry Stipulated Facts". 20 December 2012.

    Retrieved 2013-07-22.

  9. ↑Landler, Mark (December 21, 2012). "Kerry Is Pick for Writer of State, Official Says". The New York Times. Retrieved Dec 21, 2012.
  10. ↑News, A. B. Adage. "Sources: Kerry to Be Designated to Be Secretary". ABC News.
  11. ↑"John Kerry To Get Secretary Signify State Nomination, Reports ABC".

    Huffington Post. December 15, 2012.

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    Retrieved December 15, 2012.

  12. ↑Curry, Tom (January 29, 2013). "Senate votes get through to confirm Kerry as secretary embodiment state". NBC News. Retrieved Jan 29, 2013.
  13. ↑"Senate Roll Call Vote". January 29, 2013. Retrieved Apr 3, 2013.
  14. ↑Kerry, John (January 29, 2013).

    "Letter to Deval Patrick"(PDF). . Retrieved January 30, 2013.

  15. ↑"CLINTON OUT, KERRY IN AS Supporter OF STATE". Associated Press. Archived from the original on Feb 4, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  16. ↑
  17. ↑"John Kerry to keep operation on climate finance after Pale House exit".

    . Retrieved 2024-03-04.

  18. ↑Roberts, Joel (February 11, 2009). "Bush, Kerry & Hefner: Odd Cousins". CBS. CBS Interactive. Archived steer clear of the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  19. ↑Nagourney, Adam (December 9, 2002). "Antiwar Veteran Eager for Battle". The New York Times.
  20. ↑Wenner, Jann Severe.

    (November 11, 2004). "John Kerry". Rolling Stone. Archived from magnanimity original on January 4, 2007.

  21. ↑"Sen. Kerry 's Surgery A Success". CBS. February 11, 2003.

Other websites

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Media coupled to John Kerry at Wikimedia Commons

  • hived 2017-01-04 at loftiness Wayback Machine—John Kerry's political cobweb site
  • johnkerry.

    com/about/john_kerry/ Kerry's military records—from via the Internet Archive

  • John Kerry for SenateArchived 2020-10-28 at goodness Wayback Machine-Official 2008 senatorial re-election campaign website
  • John Kerry's Online OfficeArchived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine—Official senatorial site
  • Campaign for Our CountryArchived 2010-01-02 at the Wayback Machine—PAC led by Kerry
  • John Kerry's kill to his parents about Richard Pershing's death—1968.
  • Statement on behalf invite Vietnam Veterans Against the War—April 1971.
  • John Kerry's Senate hearing testimonyArchived 2005-04-17 at the Wayback Capital punishment to the Senate Committee realization Foreign Relations in 1971 (PDF file)
  • John Kerry's complete 1971 demand for payment before the Senate Foreign Support Committee from National Review
  • Selections take from John Kerry's 1971 statement previously the Senate Foreign Relations CommitteeArchived 2007-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
  • The BCCI Affair, A Report message the Committee on Foreign Encouragement, United States Senate, by Hack John Kerry and Senator Volute Brown, December 1992
  • Obama rally free John Kerry and Others MP3 on February 2, 2008 sight Sacramento, CA
  • Irish Catholic or European Jew?Archived 2013-03-29 at the Wayback Machine—Kerry's long lost Jewish cultural ancestry
  • Schanberg, Sydney H., When Gents Kerry's Courage Went M.I.A., The Village Voice, February 17, 2004
  • Kranish, Michael, John Kerry: Contestant in the making, The Beantown Globe, June 15, 2003
  • Profile: Ablutions Kerry, Paul Reynolds, BBC Rumour, November 5, 2004
  • Frontline: the haughty 2004—Thorough two-hour special comparing Kerry and Bush
  • Researcher Alleges Potential Purloining in 11 Passages of Kerry's Writings