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Henry Kissinger

Henry KissingerAKA Heinz Alfred Kissinger

Born: 27-May-1923
Birthplace: Fuerth, Germany

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government, Diplomat, Author
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Secretary of State, 1973-77

Military service: US Army Counter-Intelligence Corps (1943-46); Military Intelligence (1946-49)

Father: Louis Kissinger (b. 2-Feb-1887, 14-Mar-1982)
Mother: Paula Stern (b. 1901)
Brother: Walter Kissinger (b. 21-Jun-1924)
Wife: Ann Fleisher (m. 6-Feb-1949, div. 1964)
Daughter: Elizabeth
Son: David Alexander
Girlfriend: Jill St. John
Wife: Nancy Maginnes (m. 30-Mar-1974)

    High School: George Washington High School, New York City, NY
    University: BA, Harvard University (1950, summa cum laude)
    University: MA, Harvard University (1952)
    University: PhD International Relations, Harvard University (1954)

    Kissinger Associates
    Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (1985-89)
    White House National Security Advisor (1969-77)
    US Secretary of State (1973-77)
    Defense Policy Board
    Member of the Board of Gulfstream Aerospace (-1999)
    Member of the Board of Revlon (-1999)
    Member of the Board of Continental Grain Company
    Member of the Board of American Express (1986-96)
    Member of the Board of 20th Century Fox (1981-84)
    Forstmann Little & Co. Advisory Board
    Hollinger International International Advisory Board
    JP Morgan Chase International Council
    Afghanistan World Foundation International Committee
    Alfalfa Club President, 1974
    American Academy in Berlin Honorary Chairman
    America-Israel Friendship League U.S. National Advisory Board
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    American Academy of Diplomacy Charter Member
    American Council on Germany Board of Directors
    Ashcroft 2000
    Aspen Institute
    Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Honorary Member, Board of Directors
    Atlantic Council Director
    Bilderberg Group
    Bohemian Grove
    Bretton Woods Committee
    Bush-Cheney '04
    Bush-Quayle '92
    Center for Democracy Board of Directors
    Center for Strategic & International Studies
    Council on Foreign Relations
    Eisenhower Fellowships Chairman (past)
    Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Honorary Patron
    Friends of Dick Lugar
    Friends of Giuliani Exploratory Committee
    International Rescue Committee Overseer
    John McCain 2008
    McCain for Senate '98
    Museum of Television and Radio Trustee
    National Committee on US-China Relations Board of Directors
    National Republican Senatorial Committee
    Nixon Center Honorary Chairman
    Pilgrims Society
    Santorum 2000
    Santorum 2006
    Solutions America PAC
    Straight Talk America
    White Nights Foundation of America Distinguished Board of International Advisors
    Phi Beta Kappa Society
    Nobel Peace Prize 1973 (shared)
    Presidential Medal of Freedom
    Guggenheim Fellowship 1965-66
    Time Person of the Year 1972
    Honorary Harlem Globetrotter 1976
    Naturalized US Citizen 19-Jun-1943
    Traveled to the USSR 20-Apr-1973
    Traveled to the USSR May-1973
    Heart Bypass Operation 10-Feb-1981
    Wedding: Rudy Giuliani and Judi Nathan (2003)
    Funeral: Henry Grunwald (2005) Eulogist
    Angioplasty 29-Mar-2005
    Contempt of Congress charge dropped
    Sued by the ACLU
    Secret Service Codename Woodcutter
    Wedding: Michael Huffington and Arianna Stassinopoulos (1986)
    Funeral: Diana, Princess of Wales (1997)
    Funeral: Richard Nixon (1994)
    Wedding: Alan Greenspan and Andrea Mitchell (1997)
    Funeral: Katharine Graham (2001)
    Funeral: Ronald Reagan (2004)
    Funeral: Gerald Ford (2007) Honorary Pallbearer
    Funeral: William F. Buckley (2008)
    Funeral: Margaret Thatcher (2013)
    German Ancestry
    Jewish Ancestry

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Jane Fonda in Five Acts (20-Jan-2018) · Himself
    First They Killed My Father (18-Feb-2017) · Himself
    Bobby Fischer Against the World (Jan-2011) · Himself
    The Trials of Henry Kissinger (14-Jun-2002) · Himself
    Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (27-Nov-1992) · Himself
    On Company Business (Feb-1980) · Himself

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Henry Kissinger

Is the subject of books:
Travels With Henry, 1979, BY: Richard Valeriani
The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House, 1983, BY: Seymour Hersh
Henry Kissinger: Doctor of Diplomacy, 1989, BY: Robert D. Schulzinger
Kissinger: A Biography, 1992, BY: Walter Isaacson
Flawed Architect: Henry Kissinger and American Foreign Policy, 2004, BY: Jussi M. Hanhimaki

Author of books:
Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy (1957, international affairs)
A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace, 1812-22 (1957, international affairs)
The Necessity for Choice: Prospects of American Foreign Policy (1961, international affairs)
The Troubled Partnership: A Re-Appraisal of the Atlantic Alliance (1965, nonfiction)
American Foreign Policy: Three Essays (1974, essays)
Memoirs (1979-99, memoir)
Diplomacy: The History of Diplomacy and the Balance of Power (1994, international affairs)
Vietnam: A Personal History of America's Involvement in and Extrication from the Vietnam War (2002, memoir)
Ending the Vietnam War: A History of America's Involvement in and Extrication from the Vietnam War (2003, history)
Crisis: The Anatomy of Two Major Foreign Policy Crises (2003, international affairs)

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