secretary Henry Kissinger
56th U.S. Secretary of State
Henry Alfred Kissinger was the 56th Secretary of State of the United States from 1973 to 1977. He held the position of Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from 1969 to 1975. After leaving government service, he founded Kissinger Associates, an international consulting firm, of which he is chairman.
In the Nixon administration, Kissinger served as the president’s National Security Advisor and then Secretary of State. Kissinger was the go-between in the secret negotiations that eventually opened relations between the U.S. and communist China.
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for his role in arranging a ceasefire in North Vietnam. Kissinger also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom (the nation’s highest civilian award) in 1977 and the Medal of Liberty (given one time to ten foreign-born American leaders) in 1986. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, Kissinger continued to write, lecture and appear on TV as a foreign affairs expert.
Kissinger was hosted by The Common Good in 2007: Foreign Affairs and Economic Policy with Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, and in 2011: Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on China.
