Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Körbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political scientist. She made history as the 64th United States secretary of state under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, becoming the first woman to hold the position. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Albright immigrated to the United States after the 1948 communist coup d'état when she was eleven years old.