Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut at the age of 100.
Kissinger was a diplomat, advisor to American presidents and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. He remained active almost until the end of his life. In July he met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. He has often spoken about the war in Ukraine – in a text from the weekly magazine “Die Zeit” a few months ago he recalled that as early as 2014 he expressed doubts about the plan to “invite Ukraine to NATO”.
His statements often led to lively discussions. In May, he said the US and China pose the main threats to world peace and the survival of humanity. In an interview with The Economist, Kissinger claimed that the current state of relations between the two countries is extremely dangerous and resembles the situation before World War I, when “neither side has any significant opportunities for political concessions, and any imbalance would could have led to disastrous consequences.” For this reason, the world is moving towards great power confrontation.
The funeral will take place privately
His company Kissinger Associates announced the politician’s death. According to the statement, Henry Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut. The funeral will take place privately. A public memorial service will be held later in New York. “America has lost one of its most trusted and distinctive voices in foreign affairs,” former President George W. Bush said in a statement following Kissinger’s death.
Henry Kissinger served as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He is widely regarded as a politician who played an important diplomatic role in normalizing relations between Washington and Beijing in the 1970s.
Henry Kissinger
He was born to a Jewish family in Germany, which immigrated to the United States in 1938. In 1943 he obtained American citizenship. After World War II, he served as a translator in the 970th United States Counterintelligence Corps in Germany, where he was responsible for unmasking many Gestapo agents.
He graduated with honors in political science from Harvard University. In the 1960s, he was an advisor to Governor Nelson Rockefeller and a security advisor to government agencies. He served as National Security Advisor from 1969 to 1975 and as Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977, first in the administration of President Richard Nixon and later in the administration of Gerald Ford.
In 1973 he received the Nobel Peace Prize together with the Vietnamese Lê Đức Thọ. In 2002, he chaired the presidential commission to investigate the causes of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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