Henry Alfred Kissinger [a] (May 27, 1923 – November 29, 2023) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 56th United States secretary of state from 1973 to 1977 and the 7th national security advisor from 1969 to 1975, serving in the presidential administrations of both Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

Jan 23, 2025 · Henry Kissinger was a national security adviser and secretary of state who helped shape U.S. foreign policy under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. In 1973 he shared the Nobel Prize for Peace with Le Duc Tho for their efforts to negotiate an end to the Vietnam War.

Nov 29, 2023 · Henry A. Kissinger, the scholar-turned-diplomat who engineered the United States’ opening to China, negotiated its exit from Vietnam, and used cunning, ambition and intellect to remake American...

Nov 30, 2023 · Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has died, his consulting firm says. He was 100. Kissinger dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China.

Oct 29, 2009 · Henry Kissinger (1923-2023), the nation’s 56th secretary of state, played a key role in influencing U.S. foreign policy on a global stage.

Nov 30, 2023 · Henry Kissinger, the toweringly influential former secretary of state who earned a reputation as a sagacious diplomat but drew international condemnation and accusations of war crimes for...

Nov 30, 2023 · Diplomat Henry Kissinger became U.S. secretary of state in 1973, the same year he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Read about his education, wife, legacy, and more.

Nov 30, 2023 · Henry Kissinger, a ruthless practitioner of the art of realpolitik who had an outsize impact on global events and who won a premature Nobel Peace Prize for ending a war that kept...

Nov 30, 2023 · Henry Kissinger, known for his practice of "realpolitik," was credited with helping thaw relations between the U.S. and China. But he was also accused of alleged war crimes.

Nov 30, 2023 · Throughout his long and extraordinarily influential career, Henry Kissinger built a legacy that Americans would be wise to heed in this new era of great-power politics and global disarray.