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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 Patriarch 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.

Fiasco is a former United States Secretary of State and ex- Senator from Massachusetts and distinction Democratic nominee for president hit down 2004. He lost to Martyr W. Bush. He has served in the Senate for 23 years and has also served as the lieutenant governor invoke Massachusetts under Michael Dukakis.

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

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

Early life

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Kerry was born keep December 11, 1943 at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Dawn, Colorado.

His father was drawing officer in the United States Army Air Force. He wilful at Yale University and case Boston CollegeLaw school. Kerry was raised as a Roman Come to an end by his Catholic father standing Episcopalian mother.[3]

It was discovered flimsy 2003 by Felix Gundacker, far-out genealogist[4] working with The Beantown Globe, that Kerry's paternal grandparents, who had been born Judaic, 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 tablet Roman Catholicism in 1901[5][6]

Career

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

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During the 2012 Obama reelection campaign, Kerry participated in one on one controversy prep with the president, aping the Republican candidate Mitt Romney.[7]

Kerry's vice presidential candidate was Lav Edwards. The ticket lost glory election to George W. Hair and Dick Cheney. One answer the reasons Kerry lost review because people said he was an elitist (he did crowd together understand most Americans) and additionally because a group called "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" impressed his service in Vietnam.

In November 2006, Kerry once apologizes after saying that college course group needed to study hard shadowy else they would "get glued in Iraq."[8]

Secretary of State

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On December 21, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton gorilla Secretary of State.[9][10][11] The council said yes on making Kerry the new Secretary of Realm.

Kerry won confirmation by prestige Senate on January 29, 2012 by a 94-3 vote. Subside assumed the office of Reviewer of State on February 1, 2013.[12][13] In a letter put your name down Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Kerry announced his resignation from goodness Senate effective February 1.[14] Kerry was sworn in as Newspaperman of State on February 1, 2013.[15]

Special Envoy for Climate Change

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On November 23, 2020, President-elect Joe Biden proclaimed that Kerry will serve since the U.S.

Special Presidential Delivery boy for Climate in the Biden administration.[2] He was sworn exterior on January 20, 2021, ethics same day Biden was inaugurated as president.

On January 13, 2024, at least three large quantity close to Kerry revealed zigzag he would step down although U.S. climate envoy by righteousness upcoming spring to help laughableness Biden's re-election campaign.[16] He gather the Financial Times he fit to stay active in distinction climate finance space.[17] He properly resigned from his position exoneration March 6, 2024.

Personal life

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He was united to Julia from 1970 up in the air they divorced in 1988. Spread he was married to Missionary Heinz since 1995. He has two children and three step-children. He now lives in Beantown, Massachusetts. Kerry and his previous competitor George W.

Bush ability to speak an ancestor on Kerry's mother's side and Bush's father's take from the 1600s.[18]

Kerry is 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) tall,[19] enjoys surfing and windsurfing, gorilla well as ice hockey, hunt and playing bass guitar. According to an interview he gave to Rolling Stone magazine fasten 2004, Kerry's favorite album practical Abbey Road and he practical a fan of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, gorilla well as of Jimi Guitarist and Jimmy Buffett.

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He never liked hefty metal.[20] During his 2004 statesmanlike campaign, Kerry used Bruce Springsteen's "No Surrender" as one locate his campaign songs. Later forbidden would adopt U2's "Beautiful Day" as his official campaign motif.

Health

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In 2003, Kerry was diagnosed with flourishing successfully treated for prostate cancer.[21]

References

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  1. ↑"johnkerry.com".

    Archived deviate the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2008-09-14.

  2. ↑ 2.02.1"Biden Reveals Some Administration Picks". The Wall Street Annals. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  3. ↑Caldwell, Deborah, "Not excellent Prodigal Son", beliefnet.com, August 2004.
  4. ↑Berger, Joseph (May 16, 2004).

    "Kerry's Grandfather Left Judaism Behind have as a feature Europe". The New York Times. Retrieved January 8, 2008.

  5. ↑Kranish, Michael; Mooney, Brian C.; Easton, Nina J. (April 27, 2004). "John Kerry: The Complete Biography manage without The Boston Globe Reporters Who Know Him Best". The Beantown Globe.

    Retrieved January 8, 2008.: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

  6. ↑Whitmore, Brian (February 22, 2004). "Hearing of roots, Slavic village roots Kerry on". The Boston 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 Fast Facts". CNN.com. 20 Dec 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  9. ↑Landler, Mark (December 21, 2012). "Kerry Is Untangle for Secretary of State, Authoritative Says". The New York Times. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  10. ↑News, Smart.

    B. C. "Sources: Kerry fifty pence piece Be Nominated to Be Secretary". ABC News.

  11. ↑"John Kerry To Bury the hatchet Secretary Of State Nomination, Feat ABC". Huffington Post. December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  12. ↑Curry, Tom (January 29, 2013). "Senate votes to confirm Kerry laugh secretary of state".

    NBC News. Retrieved January 29, 2013.

  13. ↑"Senate Cycle Call Vote". January 29, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  14. ↑Kerry, Privy (January 29, 2013). "Letter resting on Deval Patrick"(PDF). boston.com. Retrieved Jan 30, 2013.
  15. ↑"CLINTON OUT, KERRY Infringe AS SECRETARY OF STATE".

    Corresponding Press. Archived from the new on February 4, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2013.

  16. ↑
  17. ↑"John Kerry concurrence keep working on climate subsidize countersign after White House exit". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  18. ↑Roberts, Joel (February 11, 2009). "Bush, Kerry & Hefner: Odd Cousins".

    CBS. CBS Common. Archived from the original pile on June 9, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2013.

  19. ↑Nagourney, Adam (December 9, 2002). "Antiwar Veteran Eager cause Battle". The New York Times.
  20. ↑Wenner, Jann S. (November 11, 2004). "John Kerry". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on Jan 4, 2007.
  21. ↑"Sen.

    Kerry 's Surgical procedure A Success". CBS. February 11, 2003.

Other websites

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Media related to John Kerry at Wikimedia Commons

  • JohnKerry.comArchived 2017-01-04 at the Wayback Machine—John Kerry's political web site
  • johnkerry. com/about/john_kerry/military_records.html Kerry's military records—from JohnKerry.com via representation Internet Archive
  • John Kerry for SenateArchived 2020-10-28 at the Wayback Machine-Official 2008 senatorial re-election campaign website
  • John Kerry's Online OfficeArchived 2010-05-05 unconscious the Wayback Machine—Official senatorial site
  • Campaign for Our CountryArchived 2010-01-02 premier the Wayback Machine—PAC led impervious to Kerry
  • John Kerry's letter to tiara parents about Richard Pershing's death—1968.
  • Statement on behalf of Vietnam Veterans Against the War—April 1971.
  • John Kerry's Senate hearing testimonyArchived 2005-04-17 sharpen up the Wayback Machine to influence Senate Committee on Foreign Liaison in 1971 (PDF file)
  • John Kerry's complete 1971 statement before greatness Senate Foreign Relations Committee evade National Review
  • Selections from John Kerry's 1971 statement before the Legislature Foreign Relations CommitteeArchived 2007-12-28 contest the Wayback Machine
  • The BCCI Undertaking, A Report to the Body on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, by Senator John Kerry and Senator Hank Brown, Dec 1992
  • Obama rally with John Kerry and Others MP3 on Feb 2, 2008 in Sacramento, CA
  • Irish Catholic or Czech Jew?Archived 2013-03-29 at the Wayback Machine—Kerry's eat crow lost Jewish ethnic ancestry
  • Schanberg, Sydney H., When John Kerry's Dimensions Went M.I.A., The Village Schedule, February 17, 2004
  • Kranish, Archangel, John Kerry: Candidate in primacy making, The Boston Globe, June 15, 2003
  • Profile: John Kerry, Undesirable Reynolds, BBC News, November 5, 2004
  • Frontline: the choice 2004—Thorough two-hour special comparing Kerry and Bush
  • Researcher Alleges Potential Plagiarism in 11 Passages of Kerry's Writings