Henry Alfred Kissinger State of Residency: District of Columbia Appointment: Sep 21, 1973 Entry on Duty: Sep 22, 1973 Termination of Appointment: Jan 20, 1977 Presidency: Nixon/Ford Note: Served concurrently as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs until Nov 3, 1975

As Secretary of State

• First foreign-born person to hold the office of Secretary of State

• Instrumental in the signing of cease-fire agreements by Isreal with Egypt and Syria in 1973

• Promoted policy of detente with Soviet Union, which included the signing of trade and arms agreements; Dealt with problems of energy and economic cooperation

• Supported policy of support for Black majority rule in Africa, and also denounced any foreign presence in Africa, mainly the Cuban intervention in Angola

Foreign Travels of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

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Born: May 27, 1923 in Furth, Germany
Died:
Married: Anne Fleischer (divorced); Nancy Maginnes
Education: Harvard University
Occupation: Public Official

Government Positions

• Served in the U.S. Army in World War II

• Consultant on foreign policy in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations

• Advisor to Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York

• Named Assistant for National Security Affairs by President Nixon; in this position his many activities included participation in the 1972 presidential visit to the People's Republic of China and in the negotiations leading to the Vietnam peace agreement

• In 1983, Reagan appointed Kissinger heas of a special 12 member commission on Latin America to aid in forming a national consensus on U.S. policy for that region