Wendy Sherman Victoria Nuland (acting) Kurt M. Campbell
Preceded by
Mike Pompeo
18th United States Deputy Secretary of State
In office January 9, 2015 – January 20, 2017
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
William J. Burns
Succeeded by
John Sullivan
26th United States Deputy National Security Advisor
In office January 20, 2013 – January 9, 2015
President
Barack Obama
Leader
Susan Rice
Preceded by
Denis McDonough
Succeeded by
Avril Haines
National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States
In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2013
Vice President
Joe Biden
Preceded by
John P. Hannah
Succeeded by
Jake Sullivan
Personal details
Born
Antony John Blinken
(1962-04-16) April 16, 1962 (age 62) Yonkers, New York, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Evan Ryan
(m. 2002)
Children
2
Parent
Donald M. Blinken (father)
Relatives
Meir Blinken (great-grandfather)
Alan Blinken (uncle)
Samuel Pisar (stepfather)
Education
Harvard University (BA)
Columbia University (JD)
Antony Blinken's voice
Antony Blinken speaks on military aid to Ukraine and the NATO accession of Sweden and Finland Recorded January 17, 2023
Antony John Blinken (born April 16, 1962) is an American lawyer and diplomat currently serving as the 71st United States secretary of state. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under President Barack Obama.[1] Blinken was previously national security advisor to then-Vice President Joe Biden from 2009 to 2013.
During the Clinton administration, Blinken served in the State Department and in senior positions on the National Security Council from 1994 to 2001. He was a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies from 2001 to 2002. He advocated for the 2003 invasion of Iraq while serving as the Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008.[2] He was a foreign policy advisor for Joe Biden's 2008 presidential campaign, before advising the Obama–Biden presidential transition.
From 2009 to 2013, Blinken served as deputy assistant to the president and national security advisor to the vice president. During his tenure in the Obama administration, he helped craft U.S. policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the nuclear program of Iran.[3][4] After leaving government service, Blinken moved into the private sector, co-founding WestExec Advisors, a consulting firm. Blinken returned to government first as a foreign policy advisor for Biden's 2020 presidential campaign, then as Biden's pick for secretary of state, a position the Senate confirmed him for on January 26, 2021.
^"Senate confirms Antony Blinken as 71st secretary of state". AP NEWS. January 26, 2021. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
^Glueck, Katie; Kaplan, Thomas (January 12, 2020). "Joe Biden's Vote for War". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
^"Senate Confirms Antony "Tony" Blinken '88 as Secretary of State". Columbia Law School. December 17, 2014. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
^Sanger, David E. (November 7, 2014). "Obama Makes His Choice for No. 2 Post at State Department". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
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2021, she was appointed White House cabinet secretary. Evan Ryan and AntonyBlinken met in 1995 while working as White House staff members. They married...
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high-tech start-ups seeking Pentagon contracts. The firm was founded by AntonyBlinken, Biden's secretary of state, and Michele Flournoy, a former Pentagon...
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chemicals. On a visit to Beijing on June 18, 2023, U.S. Secretary of State AntonyBlinken reportedly sought China's cooperation in curbing the production of fentanyl...
a statement condemning the attack. United States Secretary of State AntonyBlinken vowed to use "every appropriate tool at our disposal" in response, and...
state until his nominee for the position, AntonyBlinken, was confirmed by the United States Senate. AntonyBlinken was confirmed on January 26, 2021. On...
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Center for Constitutional Rights, filed a lawsuit against Joe Biden, AntonyBlinken, and Lloyd Austin for failure to prevent genocide, citing Israel's "mass...
Sherman to serve as United States Deputy Secretary of State, under AntonyBlinken. Sherman was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to a Jewish family. Her father...
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