- Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice (born November 14 1954) is the 66th United States Secretary of State, and the second in the administration of President George W. Bush to hold the office. Rice is the first African American woman, second African American (after Colin Powell, who served before her from 2001 - 2005), and second woman (after Madeleine Albright who served from 1997 to 2001, before Colin Powell) to serve as Secretary of State.
- Henry A. Kissinger
Newly declassified State Department documents obtained by the National Security Archive under the Freedom of Information Act show that in October 1976, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and high ranking U.S. officials gave their full support to the Argentine military junta and urged them to hurry up and finish the "dirty war" before the U.S. Congress cut military aid.
- James Baker
James Addison Baker III (born April 28 1930) served as the Chief of Staff in President Ronald Reagan's first administration, Secretary of the Treasury from 1985 to 1988 in the second Reagan administration, and Secretary of State in the administration of President George H. W. Bush. He is also the founder of the James Baker Institute.
- Jack Straw
John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a senior British Labour Party politician. On 28 June 2007 he was appointed to the offices of Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and Secretary of State for Justice. Previously he was Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001, Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 5 May 2006 and Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons from 2006 to 2007. He has been the Member of Parliament for Blackburn since 1979.
- Katherine Harris
Katherine Harris (born April 5, 1957, Key West, Florida) served as Secretary of State of Florida. Harris won the 2002 election to represent Florida's 13th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. She held that post from 2003 to 2007. Harris lost the November 7, 2006 election to represent Florida in the United States Senate. Harris rose to national attention due to her role as Secretary of State of Florida during the 2000 Presidential Election.
- Stephen Hadley
Stephen Hadley , 53, is Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States of America for National Security Affairs. He served as assistant secretary of defense for international security policy from 1989 to 1993 and was responsible for defense policy on NATO and Western Europe, nuclear weapons and ballistic missile defense, and arms control. He was also active in the negotiations that resulted in the START I and START II treaties.
- David Miliband
David Wright Miliband (born 15 July 1965) is a British politician who is the current Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Member of Parliament for the constituency of South Shields, Tyne and Wear.
- Debra Bowen
Debra Bowen is a California politician from the Democratic Party. She has been California Secretary of State since January 8 2007. Prior to becoming Secretary of State, she was a member of the California State Legislature from 1992–2006. Bowen was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois. She received her bachelor's degree in 1976 from Michigan State University, and her Juris Doctor in 1979 from the University of Virginia School of Law.
- Warren Christopher
Warren Minor Christopher (born October 27, 1925) is an American diplomat and lawyer. During Bill Clinton's first term as President, Christopher served as the 63rd Secretary of State. Born in Scranton, North Dakota, Christopher graduated from Hollywood High School and attended the University of Redlands where he joined the local fraternity Kappa Sigma Sigma.
- A. P.
Asa Phillip (Ace) Borger (April 12, 1888 - August 31, 1934), town builder, was born to Phillip and Minnie Ann (West) Borger on a family farm near Carthage, Missouri. His father was a veterinarian and died when Borger was just six years old, and Borger and his siblings were raised by their mother and grandmothers. Borger attended school in Carthage and graduated from business college.
- James A. Baker
James A. Baker is an American government official at the Department of Justice, serving as Counsel for the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review. James A. Baker is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and received a J.D. and M.A. from the University of Michigan. He joined the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice as a federal prosecutor during the Clinton administration.
- Greg Palast
Greg Palast is a "New York Times"-bestselling author and a journalist for the British Broadcasting Corporation as well as the British newspaper "The Observer", eg. among others:. His work frequently focuses on corporate malfeasance but has also been known to work with labor unions and consumer advocacy groups. Notably, he has claimed to have uncovered evidence that Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, …
- Hilary Benn
Hilary James Wedgwood Benn (November 26, 1953) is a British Labour politician, currently serving as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and the Member of Parliament for the West Yorkshire constituency of Leeds Central. In October 2006 Benn announced he was running for the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party, eventually coming fourth behind Harriet Harman, Alan Johnson and Jon Cruddas.
- Ken Blackwell
John Kenneth Blackwell (born February 28, 1948), is a former secretary of state for the U.S. state of Ohio who made an unsuccessful bid as the Republican nominee for Governor of Ohio in the 2006 election. Blackwell gained national prominence for his dual roles as Chief Elections official of Ohio and honorary co-chair of the "Committee to re-elect George W. Bush" during the 2004 election.
- Karen Hughes
Karen Parfitt Hughes (born December 27, 1956) is a Republican politician from the state of Texas. She currently serves as the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the U.S. Department of State with the rank of ambassador. She resides in Austin, Texas where she is an elder in her church, Westlake Hills Presbyterian.
- John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams Secretary of State,
- John Reid
John Reid (born 8 May 1947) is a British politician who is the former Home Secretary and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Scottish constituency of Airdrie and Shotts in the United Kingdom.
- John Foster Dulles
John Foster Dulles (February 25, 1888 - May 24, 1959) served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959. He was a significant figure in the early Cold War era, advocating an aggressive stance against communism around the world. He advocated support of the French in their war against the Viet Minh in Indochina and famously refused to shake the hand of Zhou Enlai at the Geneva Conference in 1954.
- Richard Holbrooke
Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (born April 24, 1941) is an American diplomat, magazine editor, author, Peace Corps official, and investment banker. He is also the only person to have held the Assistant Secretary of State position for two different regions of the world (Asia and Europe). From 1993-1994, he was U.S. Ambassador to Germany. Although long well-known in diplomatic and journalistic circles, …
- Alexander Haig
Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. (born December 2, 1924) is a former Four-Star General in the U.S. Army who served as the U.S. Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. In 1973 Haig served as Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, the number two ranking officer in the Army. From 1974-79, Haig served as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), …
- Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abrams (born January 24, 1948) is an American lawyer who has served in foreign policy positions for two Republican U.S. Presidents, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. During Bush's first term in office, he was appointed the post of Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director on the National Security Council for Near East and North African Affairs.
- Bruce McPherson
Bruce McPherson became California's 30th Secretary of State on March 30, 2005. After being nominated by the Governor, he was unanimously confirmed by the State Senate and Assembly. Over the past year Secretary McPherson has led the charge to restore trust and confidence to the Office of Secretary of State.
- Michael Ledeen
Michael Ledeen (born August 1, 1941) is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a contributing editor to "National Review". Ledeen was a founding member of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs and he served on the JINSA Board of Advisors. In 2003, the "Washington Post" alleged that he was consulted by Karl Rove, George W. Bush's closest advisor, as his main international affairs adviser.
- Henry L. Stimson
Henry Lewis Stimson ( September 21 , 1867 – October 20 , 1950 ) was an American statesman , who served as Secretary of War , Governor-General of the Philippines , and Secretary of State . He was a conservative Republican, and a leading lawyer in New York City. He is best known as the civilian Secretary of War during World War II, chosen for his aggressive stance against Nazi Germany, with responsibility for the Army and Air Force.
- Sam Reed
Sam Reed is an American politician. He is a Republican and currently serves as the Secretary of State for Washington. Reed received his bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from Washington State University. He was elected to the office of Secretary of State in 2000, as one of only two Republicans to be elected to statewide office that year, after serving as Thurston County auditor for several decades. Reed is Washington's fourteenth Secretary of State.
- Martin van Buren
Martin Van Buren (December 5 1782 - July 24 1862), nicknamed "Old Kinderhook", was the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency he served as the eighth Vice President (1833-1837) and the 10th Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson. He was a key organizer of the Democratic Party, a dominant figure in the Second Party System, and the first president who was not of English, Irish, Welsh, or Scottish descent.
- John Marshall
John Marshall was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, on the 24th of September, 1755. He was the oldest of a family of fifteen children, and was the son of Colonel Thomas Marshall , a planter of moderate fortune. During the Revolution, Colonel Marshall commanded a regiment of Virginia troops, and won considerable distinction at the battles of the Great Bridge, Germantown, Brandywine, and Monmouth.
- John Redwood
John Redwood has been the Member of Parliament for Wokingham since 1987. First attending Kent College, Canterbury, he graduated from Magdalen College, and has a DPhil from All Souls, Oxford. A businessman by background, he has been a director of NM Rothschild merchant bank and chairman of a quoted industrial PLC. John was an Oxfordshire County Councillor in the 1970s. In the mid-1980s he was Chief Policy Advisor to Margaret Thatcher .
- Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull was an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He is best-known as the longest-serving Secretary of State, having held the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Hull received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 for his role in establishing the United Nations, and was referred to by President Roosevelt as the "Father of the United Nations". Hull was born in a log cabin in Olympus, …
- Clare Short
Clare Short (born 15 February, 1946) is a British politician and a member of the British Labour Party. She is currently the Independent Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood, having been elected as a Labour Party MP in 1983, and was Secretary of State for International Development in the UK Labour government from 3 May, 1997 until her resignation on 12 May, 2003. She plans to stand down as a Member of Parliament at the next general election.
- Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster (January 18 1782 - October 24 1852), was a leading American statesman during the nation's antebellum era. Webster first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests. His increasingly nationalistic views and the effectiveness with which he articulated them led Webster to become one of the most famous orators and influential Whig leaders of the Second Party System.
- Roger Williams
Roger Hugh Williams (born January 22, 1948, Crickhowell) is a British Member of Parliament, a Liberal Democrat elected from Brecon and Radnorshire in 2001. Born in the town of Crickhowell, Roger Williams studied at Christ College school in Brecon and Cambridge University. On graduating in natural sciences he returned to Breconshire becoming a livestock farmer. During the mid 1980s he was elected Chairman of the Brecon and Radnorshire branch of the National Farmers Union.
- Todd Rokita
Todd Rokita was elected as Indiana 's 59 th Secretary of State in 2002. Since then he has redefined and modernized the Secretary of State's office to provide Hoosier investors, businesses, and voters better service & to promote Indiana 's economic prosperity. more info A
- Roger Williams
Roger Williams (born ca. 1950) is the former secretary of state for the U.S. state of Texas, having served from November 2004 until his resignation effective July 1, 2007. Williams announced on June 11 that he would leave the appointed position to "pursue other opportunities". He did not say if he intends to seek elected office. In Texas, the secretary of state must resign if he enters a political race.
- George Marshall
General of the Army George Catlett Marshall, Jr. GCB (December 31 1880 - October 16 1959) was an American military leader, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. Once noted as the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II, Marshall supervised the U.S. Army during the war and was the chief military advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- Gerry Adams
Gerard Adams
- Bill Bradbury
Bill Bradbury (born 1949) is the Secretary of State for the U.S. state of Oregon. Bradbury, a Democrat, previously served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly, and ran unsuccessfully against incumbent Senator Gordon Smith in 2002.
- Geoff Hoon
Geoffrey William Hoon (born December 6 1953) is a British politician. He is Labour Member of Parliament for Ashfield, and Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury since Gordon Brown became Prime Minister.
- William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 - July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, statesman, and politician. He was a three-time Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States. One of the most popular speakers in American history, he was noted for his deep, commanding voice. Bryan was a devout Presbyterian, a strong proponent of popular democracy, an outspoken critic of banks and railroads, a leader of the silverite movement in the 1890s, …
- Daniel Fried
Daniel Fried took the oath of office as Assistant Secretary of State on May 5, 2005. Before taking the helm of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Ambassador Fried served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council since January 22, 2001. Ambassador Fried was Principal Deputy Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the New Independent States from May 2000 until January 2001.