Condoleezza Rice was the first black woman. She served 8 years with president George W Bush. The first 4 years as the National Security Advisor, and the last 4 yrs, 2005-2009 as the Secretary of State.
In 2005, Condoleezza Rice became the first African-American female Secretary of State, as well as the second African-American (after Colin Powell) and the second woman (after Madeleine Albright).
Colin Powell was the first African American to serve as US Secretary of State during the presidency of George W. Bush.
Condoleezza Rice was the first African American Secretary of State. She served from January 26, 2005 to January 20, 2009.
The first female African American to serve as Secretary of State was Condoleezza Rice. She served from 2005 to 2009 during George W. Bush's second term.
Did you mean the first US Secretary of State? That would be Condoleezza Rice.
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Condoleeza Rice in 2005
the answer is Condoleezza Rice
She was the first female secretary of state.
Henry Clay for one- he became Secretary of State in 1824 and the so-called corrupt bargain. Hillary Clinton, the current Secretary of State, made a bid for the presidential nomination and Lincoln's Secretary of State, William Seward, was the front-runner for the nomination at the Republican Convention of 1860 which eventually nominated Lincoln. There may have been others.
Madeleine K. Albright appointed in 1997 by President Clinton was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in the US. \
Secretary of State for Air ended in 1964.
James Buchanan, who served as Secretary of State for James Polk was the most recent Secretary of State to later become President. (Other former Secretaries who later became President were Martin Van Buren, John Quincy Adams, James Monroe , James Madison and Thomas Jefferson.)
Madeleine Albright
She was the first female secretary of state.
Lincoln had nominated William Seward as Secretary of State. The Senate confirmed the nomination and Seward became the Union's Secretary of State.
James Monroe served as Secretary of State and as Secretary of War under Madison. For some of the time, he held both positions at once.
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Edmund Muskie was US Secretary of State at the start of 1981. After Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as President on January 20th, 1981, Alexander Haig became the new Secretary of State.
In 2005, Condoleezza Rice became the first African-American woman to hold the office of Secretary of State.
James Madison who was the Secretary of State when the Louisiana Purchase was made.
Warren Christopher, who later became U.S. Secretary of State during Bill Clinton's first four years in office.
George Marshall.
I asked this question too. I'm pretty sure it's Debra Bowen : )