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Jeane Kirkpatrick
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American diplomat and Presidential advisor (1926-2006)
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Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926–2006) was an American politician, diplomat, university teacher, and political scientist. Born in Duncan, she was educated at Barnard College, Columbia University, and Sciences Po. She served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations and was a member of both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Kirkpatrick was employed by Georgetown University and spoke English.
Her notable works include *Dictatorships and double standards* and *Idealism, Realism & the Myth of Appeasement*. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Defense Superior Service Medal. Kirkpatrick died of heart failure in Bethesda.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Dictatorships and double standards
- Idealism, Realism & the Myth of Appeasement
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Key facts
- President
- Ronald Reagan
- Preceded by
- Donald McHenry
- Succeeded by
- Vernon Walters
- Born
- Jeane Duane Jordan , ( 1926-11-19 ) November 19, 1926, Duncan, Oklahoma , U.S.
- Died
- December 7, 2006 (2006-12-07) (aged 80), Bethesda, Maryland , U.S.
- Party
- Socialist (1945–1948), Democratic (1948–1985), Republican (1985–2006)
- Spouse
- Evron Kirkpatrick
- Education
- Stephens College ( AA ), Columbia University ( BA , MA , PhD )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Duncan
- Place of death
- Bethesda
- Occupation
- political scientist
- Position held
- United States Ambassador to the United Nations
- Employer
- Georgetown University
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Od jeane-kirkpatrick-official-portrait 1-255x301.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1926-11-19
- date of death
- 2006-12-07
- Commons category
- Jeane Kirkpatrick
- cause of death
- heart failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Jeane Kirkpatrick
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick (née Jordan; November 19, 1926 – December 7, 2006) was an American diplomat and political scientist who played a major role in the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration. An ardent anti-Communist, she was a longtime Democrat who became a neoconservative and switched to the Republican Party in 1985. After serving as Ronald Reagan's foreign policy adviser in his 1980 presidential campaign, she became the first woman to serve as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
She was known for the "Kirkpatrick Doctrine", which advocated supporting authoritarian regimes around the world if they went along with Washington's aims. She wrote, "traditional authoritarian governments are less repressive than revolutionary autocracies." She sympathized with the Argentine junta during the Falklands War, while Reagan took the other side in support of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
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