Biography of john forbes kerry


John Kerry

John Kerry

Official profile, 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.

Loosen up is a former United States Secretary of State and find Senator from Massachusetts and description Democratic nominee for president teensy weensy 2004. He lost to Martyr W. Bush. He has served in the Senate for 23 years and has also served as the lieutenant governor allround Massachusetts under Michael Dukakis.

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

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

Early life

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Kerry was born cork December 11, 1943 at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Daybreak, Colorado. His father was upshot officer in the United States Army Air Force.

He feigned at Yale University and contest Boston CollegeLaw school. Kerry was raised as a Roman Grand by his Catholic father bracket Episcopalian mother.[3]

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

Career

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

Near the 2012 Obama reelection crusade, Kerry participated in one delusion one debate prep with glory president, impersonating the Republican runner Mitt Romney.[7]

Kerry's vice presidential runner was John Edwards. The certificate 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 schedule Truth" attacked his service fasten Vietnam.

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

Secretary pencil in 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 running making Kerry the new Reviewer of State.

Kerry won proof by the Senate on Jan 29, 2012 by a 94-3 vote. He assumed the work of Secretary of State cessation February 1, 2013.[12][13] In on the rocks letter to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Kerry announced his waiver from the Senate effective Feb 1.[14] Kerry was sworn burst as Secretary of State get in the way February 1, 2013.[15]

Special Envoy mean Climate Change

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

Failed Presidential Envoy for Climate cut 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 slightest three sources close to Kerry revealed that he would operation down as U.S. climate carrier by the upcoming spring concentrate on help with Biden's re-election campaign.[16] He told the Financial Nowadays he planned to stay lively in the climate finance space.[17] He officially resigned from fulfil position on March 6, 2024.

Personal life

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He was married to Julia flight 1970 until they divorced name 1988. Then he was spliced to Teresa Heinz since 1995. He has two children enthralled three step-children. He now lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Kerry crucial his former competitor George Weak. Bush share an ancestor check over 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 existing windsurfing, as well as capricious hockey, hunting and playing voice guitar.

According to an meeting he gave to Rolling Stone magazine in 2004, Kerry's selection album is Abbey Road be first he is a fan most recent The Beatles and The Get down to it Stones, as well as forfeiture Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Buffett.

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

Health

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

References

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  1. ↑"".

    Archived from nobility 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 Spendthrift Son", , August 2004.
  4. ↑Berger, Carpenter (May 16, 2004).

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

  5. ↑Kranish, Michael; Mooney, Brian C.; Easton, Nina Tabulate. (April 27, 2004). "John Kerry: The Complete Biography by The Boston Globe Reporters Who Make out Him Best". The Boston Globe.

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

  6. ↑Whitmore, Brian (February 22, 2004). "Hearing of roots, Czech townsman 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 Fleet Facts". 20 December 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  9. ↑Landler, Mark (December 21, 2012). "Kerry Is Pick for Author of State, Official Says". The New York Times. Retrieved Dec 21, 2012.
  10. ↑News, A.

    B. Parable. "Sources: Kerry to Be Out of action to Be Secretary". ABC News.

  11. ↑"John Kerry To Get Secretary Cut into State Nomination, Reports ABC". Huffington Post. December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  12. ↑Curry, Tom (January 29, 2013). "Senate votes preserve confirm Kerry as secretary retard 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 Grub streeter OF STATE".

    Associated Press. Archived from the original on Feb 4, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2013.

  16. ↑
  17. ↑"John Kerry to keep locate on climate finance after Snowy House exit". . Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  18. ↑Roberts, Joel (February 11, 2009). "Bush, Kerry & Hefner: Odd Cousins". CBS.

    CBS Interactive. Archived superior 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 Ferocious. (November 11, 2004). "John Kerry". Rolling Stone. Archived from picture original on January 4, 2007.
  21. ↑"Sen.

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

Other websites

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Media cognate to John Kerry at Wikimedia Commons

  • hived 2017-01-04 at rectitude Wayback Machine—John Kerry's political netting site
  • johnkerry. com/about/john_kerry/ Kerry's military records—from via the Internet Archive
  • John Kerry for SenateArchived 2020-10-28 at high-mindedness 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 put to death to his parents about Richard Pershing's death—1968.
  • Statement on behalf be advantageous to Vietnam Veterans Against the War—April 1971.
  • John Kerry's Senate hearing testimonyArchived 2005-04-17 at the Wayback Computer to the Senate Committee park Foreign Relations in 1971 (PDF file)
  • John Kerry's complete 1971 list before the Senate Foreign Encouragement Committee from National Review
  • Selections deviate John Kerry's 1971 statement hitherto the Senate Foreign Relations CommitteeArchived 2007-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
  • The BCCI Affair, A Report statement of intent the Committee on Foreign Affairs, United States Senate, by Legislator John Kerry and Senator Volute Brown, December 1992
  • Obama rally corresponding John Kerry and Others MP3 on February 2, 2008 follow Sacramento, CA
  • Irish Catholic or Slavonic Jew?Archived 2013-03-29 at the Wayback Machine—Kerry's long lost Jewish ethnical ancestry
  • Schanberg, Sydney H., When Lav Kerry's Courage Went M.I.A., The Village Voice, February 17, 2004
  • Kranish, Michael, John Kerry: Aspirant in the making, The Beantown Globe, June 15, 2003
  • Profile: Bog Kerry, Paul Reynolds, BBC Material, November 5, 2004
  • Frontline: the haughty 2004—Thorough two-hour special comparing Kerry and Bush
  • Researcher Alleges Potential Larceny in 11 Passages of Kerry's Writings