FACE OF THE WEEK

MARIE JANA KORBEL

In office: January 23, 1997 – January 20, 2001
President: Bill Clinton
Preceded by
Warren Christopher
Succeeded by
Colin Powell
20th United States Ambassador to the
United Nations
In office
January 27, 1993 – January 21, 1997 during
President Bill Clinton's tenure
Preceded by Edward J. Perkins
Succeeded by
Bill Richardson
PERSONAL DETAILS
Born: Marie Jana Korbel
May 15, 1937 (age 77)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Political party: Democratic
Spouse(s) : Joseph Medill Patterson
Albright
(m. 1959–1982; divorced)
Children: Alice Patterson Albright
Anne Korbel Albright
Katherine Medill Albright
Parents: Josef Korbel
Anna Spieglova
Alma mater: Wellesley College
Johns Hopkins University
Columbia University
Religion: Episcopalian
(Previously Catholicism )
Marie Jana Korbel is a
Czech-born American politician and
diplomat. She is the first woman to have
become the United States Secretary of
State.