Henry Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the United States secretary of state from 1973 to 1977 and national security advisor from 1969 to 1975, in the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
Some of the key events about Henry Kissinger
- 1938Escaped Nazi persecution by immigrating to the United States from Germany
- 1950Completed his Ph.D. at Harvard University with a dissertation on "Peace, Legitimacy, and the Equilibrium"
- 1969Appointed as National Security Advisor by President Richard Nixon
- 1969Authorized secret bombing campaigns in Cambodia and Laos during the Vietnam War
- 1970Supported the U.S. invasion of Cambodia, expanding the Vietnam War
- 1971Played a key role in arranging President Nixon's historic visit to China
- 1971Ignored reports of genocide in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to maintain relations with Pakistan
- 1973Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to negotiate a ceasefire in Vietnam
- 1973Appointed as United States Secretary of State
- 1973Played a role in the overthrow of Chile's democratically elected President Salvador Allende
- 1974Negotiated the Sinai Interim Agreement between Egypt and Israel
- 1975Facilitated the Paris Peace Accords, ending direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
- 1975Gave tacit approval for Indonesia's invasion of East Timor, leading to widespread human rights abuses
- 1975Supported the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia as a counterweight to Vietnam, despite knowledge of their atrocities
- 1976Approved Argentina's "Dirty War" against leftist dissidents, resulting in thousands of disappearances
- 1976Endorsed Operation Condor, a campaign of political repression and state terror in South America
- 1982Founded Kissinger Associates, an international consulting firm
- 1989Advised for the violent suppression of Chinese pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square
- 2002Appointed as chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
- 2002Appointed to lead the 9/11 Commission but resigned due to conflicts of interest
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