Henry Kissinger Bio (Biography)
Real name:
Heinz Alfred Kissinger
Date of birth:
May 27. 1923
Place of birth:
Fürth, Germany
Astrology Sign:
Gemini
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Henry Kissinger was born in Germany and is an American diplomat. He is the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and served as National Security Advisor and later Secretary of State during the Nixon presidential administration. He continued as Secretary of State during the Ford administration after the Watergate Scandal.
Henry Kissinger was born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923 in Furth, Germany. The family fled Nazi persecution and moved to New York in 1938. He became a naturalized United States citizen on June 19, 1943. At the time he was in military training in South Carolina. Kissinger became a German interpreter for the 970th Counter Intelligence Corps in the military.
In 1950, he graduated from Harvard College summa cum laude. In 1952 and 1954 he received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard. He became a member of the Harvard faculty in the Department of Government and the Center for International Affairs. He also served as a consultant to government agencies including the Department of State.
Henry Kissinger became an advisor to New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and after Richard Nixon became president in 1968, he was offered the job of National Security Advisor. He later became Secretary of State under Nixon and after he resigned, continued in that role under President Gerald Ford.
In 1977, he was appointed to Georgetown's Center for Strategic and International Studies, and in 1982 founded the firm Kissinger Associates.
Henry Kissinger was married to Ann Fleischer, with whom he had two children. He is now married to Nancy Maginnes and lives in Connecticut. He is a fan of the New York Yankees and in an honorary member of the German football club Spielvereinigung Greuther Furth, in his hometown. In 1998, he became an honorary citizen of Furth, Germany. In 1994 he delivered the eulogy at the state funeral for Richard Nixon and in 2007, delivered the eulogy at the state funeral of Gerald Ford.
Henry Kissinger was born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923 in Furth, Germany. The family fled Nazi persecution and moved to New York in 1938. He became a naturalized United States citizen on June 19, 1943. At the time he was in military training in South Carolina. Kissinger became a German interpreter for the 970th Counter Intelligence Corps in the military.
In 1950, he graduated from Harvard College summa cum laude. In 1952 and 1954 he received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard. He became a member of the Harvard faculty in the Department of Government and the Center for International Affairs. He also served as a consultant to government agencies including the Department of State.
Henry Kissinger became an advisor to New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and after Richard Nixon became president in 1968, he was offered the job of National Security Advisor. He later became Secretary of State under Nixon and after he resigned, continued in that role under President Gerald Ford.
In 1977, he was appointed to Georgetown's Center for Strategic and International Studies, and in 1982 founded the firm Kissinger Associates.
Henry Kissinger was married to Ann Fleischer, with whom he had two children. He is now married to Nancy Maginnes and lives in Connecticut. He is a fan of the New York Yankees and in an honorary member of the German football club Spielvereinigung Greuther Furth, in his hometown. In 1998, he became an honorary citizen of Furth, Germany. In 1994 he delivered the eulogy at the state funeral for Richard Nixon and in 2007, delivered the eulogy at the state funeral of Gerald Ford.