John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the administration of Barack Obama. A member of the Forbes family and of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1985 to 2013 and later served as the first U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate from 2021 to 2024. Kerry was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the 2004 election, losing to then-incumbent president George W. Bush.Kerry grew up in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.. In 1966, after graduating from Yale University, he enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve, ultimately attaining the rank of lieutenant. From 1968 to 1969, during the Vietnam War, Kerry served an abbreviated four-month tour of duty in South Vietnam. While commanding a Swift boat, he sustained three wounds in combat with the Viet Cong, for which he earned three Purple Heart Medals. Kerry was awarded the Silver Star Medal and the Bronze Star Medal for valorous conduct in separate military engagements. After completing his active military service, Kerry returned to the United States and became an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War. He gained national recognition as an anti-war activist, serving as a spokesperson for the Vietnam Veterans Against the War organization. Kerry testified in the Fulbright Hearings before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, where he described the United States government's policy in Vietnam as the cause of war crimes.
In 1972, Kerry entered electoral politics as a Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. He won the Democratic nomination but was defeated in the general election by his Republican opponent. He subsequently worked as a radio talk show host and as the executive director of an advocacy organization while attending the Boston College School of Law. After obtaining his juris doctor in 1976, Kerry served from 1977 to 1979 as the first assistant district attorney of Middlesex County. After a period in private legal practice, he was elected the 66th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts in 1982. In 1984, Kerry was elected to the United States Senate. As a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, he led a series of hearings investigating narcotics trafficking in Latin America, which exposed aspects of the Iran–Contra affair.
Kerry won the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, alongside vice presidential nominee and North Carolina Senator John Edwards. He lost the Electoral College and the popular vote by slim margins, winning 251 electors to Bush's 286 and 48.3% of the popular vote to Bush's 50.7%. Kerry remained in the Senate and chaired the Committee on Foreign Relations from 2009 to 2013.
In January 2013, Kerry was nominated by President Obama to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and was subsequently confirmed by his Senate colleagues. He was U.S. secretary of state throughout the second term of the Obama administration from 2013 to 2017. During his tenure, he initiated the 2013–2014 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks and negotiated agreements restricting the nuclear program of Iran, including the 2013 Joint Plan of Action and the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. In 2015, Kerry signed the Paris Agreement on climate change on behalf of the United States.
In January 2021, Kerry returned to government, becoming the first person to hold the position of U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, under President Joe Biden. On March 6, Kerry left this position to work on Biden's 2024 presidential campaign. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Nicholas T. Crump, Erica Ballabio, Laura Godfrey, Ross Thorne, Emmanouela Repapi, Jon Kerry, Marta Tapia, Peng Hua, Christoffer Lagerholm, Panagis Filippakopoulos, James O. J. Davies, Thomas A. MilneGet full text
Published 2021-01-01
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2by Adam C. Wilkinson, Erica Ballabio, Huimin Geng, Phillip North, Marta Tapia, Jon Kerry, Debabrata Biswas, Robert G. Roeder, C. David Allis, Ari Melnick, Marella F.T.R. de Bruijn, Thomas A. MilneGet full text
Published 2013-01-01
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3by Jon Kerry, Laura Godfrey, Emmanouela Repapi, Marta Tapia, Neil P. Blackledge, Helen Ma, Erica Ballabio, Sorcha O’Byrne, Frida Ponthan, Olaf Heidenreich, Anindita Roy, Irene Roberts, Marina Konopleva, Robert J. Klose, Huimin Geng, Thomas A. MilneGet full text
Published 2017-01-01
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4by Akihiko Numata, Hui Si Kwok, Akira Kawasaki, Jia Li, Qi-Ling Zhou, Jon Kerry, Touati Benoukraf, Deepak Bararia, Feng Li, Erica Ballabio, Marta Tapia, Aniruddha J. Deshpande, Robert S. Welner, Ruud Delwel, Henry Yang, Thomas A. Milne, Reshma Taneja, Daniel G. TenenGet full text
Published 2018-04-01
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5by A. Marieke Oudelaar, Robert A. Beagrie, Matthew Gosden, Sara de Ornellas, Emily Georgiades, Jon Kerry, Daniel Hidalgo, Joana Carrelha, Arun Shivalingam, Afaf H. El-Sagheer, Jelena M. Telenius, Tom Brown, Veronica J. Buckle, Merav Socolovsky, Douglas R. Higgs, Jim R. HughesGet full text
Published 2020-06-01
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6by Sachith Mettananda, Chris A. Fisher, Deborah Hay, Mohsin Badat, Lynn Quek, Kevin Clark, Philip Hublitz, Damien Downes, Jon Kerry, Matthew Gosden, Jelena Telenius, Jackie A. Sloane-Stanley, Paula Faustino, Andreia Coelho, Jessica Doondeea, Batchimeg Usukhbayar, Paul Sopp, Jacqueline A. Sharpe, Jim R. Hughes, Paresh Vyas, Richard J. Gibbons, Douglas R. HiggsGet full text
Published 2017-09-01
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7by Damien J. Downes, Robert A. Beagrie, Matthew E. Gosden, Jelena Telenius, Stephanie J. Carpenter, Lea Nussbaum, Sara De Ornellas, Martin Sergeant, Chris Q. Eijsbouts, Ron Schwessinger, Jon Kerry, Nigel Roberts, Arun Shivalingam, Afaf El-Sagheer, A. Marieke Oudelaar, Tom Brown, Veronica J. Buckle, James O. J. Davies, Jim R. HughesGet full text
Published 2021-01-01
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8by Juliana M. Benito, Laura Godfrey, Kensuke Kojima, Leah Hogdal, Mark Wunderlich, Huimin Geng, Isabel Marzo, Karine G. Harutyunyan, Leonard Golfman, Phillip North, Jon Kerry, Erica Ballabio, Triona Ní Chonghaile, Oscar Gonzalo, Yihua Qiu, Irmela Jeremias, LaKiesha Debose, Eric O’Brien, Helen Ma, Ping Zhou, Rodrigo Jacamo, Eugene Park, Kevin R. Coombes, Nianxiang Zhang, Deborah A. Thomas, Susan O’Brien, Hagop M. Kantarjian, Joel D. Leverson, Steven M. Kornblau, Michael Andreeff, Markus Müschen, Patrick A. Zweidler-McKay, James C. Mulloy, Anthony Letai, Thomas A. Milne, Marina KonoplevaGet full text
Published 2015-12-01
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