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Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State
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Dr. Condoleezza Rice became Secretary of State on January 26, 2005. Prior to this, she was the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor, since January, 2001.

In June 1999, she completed a six year tenure as Stanford University's Provost, during which she was the institution's chief budget and academic officer. As Provost she was responsible for a $1.5 billion annual budget and the academic program involving 1,400 faculty members and 14,000 students.

As professor of political science, Dr. Rice has been on the Stanford faculty since 1981 and has won two of the highest teaching honors -- the 1984 Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 1993 School of Humanities and Sciences Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching.

At Stanford, she has been a member of the Center for International Security and Arms Control, a Senior Fellow of the Institute for International Studies, and a Fellow (by courtesy) of the Hoover Institution. Her books include

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Condoleezza Rice

American diplomat and political scientist (born 1954)

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Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice is the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and a Senior Fellow on Public Policy. She is the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In addition, she is a founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, an international strategic consulting firm.

From January 2005 to January 2009, Rice served as the 66th Secretary of State of the United States, the second woman and first black woman to hold the post. Rice also served as President George W. Bush’s Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor) from January 2001 to January 2005, the first woman to hold the position.

Rice served as Stanford University’s provost from 1993 to 1999, during which time she was the institution’s chief budget and academic officer. As Professor of Political Science, she has been on the Stanford faculty since 1981 and has won two of the university’s highest teaching honors.

From February 1989 through March 1991, Rice served on President George H.W.

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Condoleezza Rice

Official portrait, 2005

In office
January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Deputy
Preceded byColin Powell
Succeeded byHillary Clinton
In office
January 20, 2001 – January 26, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
DeputyStephen Hadley
Preceded bySandy Berger
Succeeded byStephen Hadley

Incumbent

Assumed office
September 1, 2020
Preceded byThomas W. Gilligan
In office
September 1, 1993 – June 30, 1999
Preceded byGerald Lieberman
Succeeded byJohn L. Hennessy
Born (1954-11-14) November 14, 1954 (age 70)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyRepublican (after 1982)
Democratic (before 1982)
EducationUniversity of Denver (BA, PhD)
University of Notre Dame (MA)
Signature
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical science
ThesisThe Politics of Client Command: Party-Military Relations in Czechoslovakia, 1948–1975 (1981)