Siteadmin, oversight, Administrators
5,098
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 1:
Line 1: − [[Image:Colin_Powell.jpg|right|200px]]+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
no edit summary
{{Infobox person
|image=Colin_Powell.jpg
|office=United States Secretary
|country=State
|term_start=January 20, 2001
|term_end=January 26, 2005
|party=[[Republican]]
|previous=Madeleine Albright
|next=Condoleezza Rice
|birth_date=April 5, 1937
|birth_place=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
|spouse=Alma Vivian Johnson Powell
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
}}
'''General Colin Luther Powell''', United States Army (Ret.) (born April 5, 1937) was the 65th [[United States]] [[Secretary of State]] (2001-05) under President [[George W. Bush]] and a liberal member of the [[Republican]] Party. As a General in the [[United States Army]], Powell also served as [[National Security Advisor]] (1987–1989), and as Chairman of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (1989–1993) he became the highest ranking African American government official in the history of the United States.
'''General Colin Luther Powell''', United States Army (Ret.) (born April 5, 1937) was the 65th [[United States]] [[Secretary of State]] (2001-05) under President [[George W. Bush]] and a liberal member of the [[Republican]] Party. As a General in the [[United States Army]], Powell also served as [[National Security Advisor]] (1987–1989), and as Chairman of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (1989–1993) he became the highest ranking African American government official in the history of the United States.