Annabelle Grey Rhodes

Official Portrait, 2029

Benjamin Rhodes

## Other Information

### Education

Brown University (Bachelor’s in Arts, Sociology)Harvard University, Harvard Law School (Jurisdoctor)

Pepperdine University, Pepperdine Law School (Master’s of Law in Dispute Resolution)

Secretary-General Annabelle Grey Rhodes is an American Politician, attorney, diplomat, Nobel laureate and former prosecutor who is currently serving as the 16th Secretary-General of the United Nations. She most recently served as 83rd United States Secretary of State. She also formerly served as the 32nd United States Secretary of Defense, 64th Governor of the State of Maryland, United States Attorney for the State of Maryland and the 30th State Attorney for Prince George’s County in Maryland. She is the daughter of former Director of National Intelligence Thomas Grey and is married to Vice President of the United States Jamie Rhodes. Rhodes was elected Governor of Maryland in the 2026 Maryland election. She ended up resigning from that position to be appointed as Secretary of Defense. During her tenure of Secretary of Defense she was heavily criticized for her role in several wars America was involved in, including the controversial war in Zimbabwe. Despite this criticism she still remained popular and a crucial member of the Cabinets of both President Arthur Griffin, President Gregory Lawson and President Len Rhodes, her father-in-law. She was seen as the most important person in President Rhodes’ cabinet, even outranking Vice President Kendra Hasri in terms of power according to Politico. In 2055, she was selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee as the recipient of the Nobel Prize for that year along with Indian Prime Minister Vijaya Nasu and Myanmar State Counsellor Arkar Arkar Pyae for brokering peace after a six year long war between the country ended in peace agreements. Rhodes was one of the main facilitators of the peace and was awarded the prize jointly with Nasu and Pyae.

Her power in Washington made her a strong contender for the Presidential Nomination in 2040, however she said she had “No interest in taking up the Presidency any time soon.”

Rhodes was heavily considered for the role of Attorney General in the administration of President Emily Griffin however she was not nominated under the advice of Vice President Meghan Lawson-Grey who said “She needs time away from the White House so that America isn’t going to hate her once she’s done.” Her brother-in-law Jack Rhodes ended up being appointed as Attorney General. She was later nominated to serve as US Ambassador to the Organization of American States.

She was nominated by Shawn Cosman, a Democratic President (Rhodes is a Republican) to serve as the US Secretary of State. Rhodes was confirmed by the Senate on October 24th. She continued as Secretary of State into the administration of Arthur Griffin.

She later stepped down as Secretary of State to pursue the position of United Nations Secretary-General after the retirement of Waseem Imam who served two terms as Secretary-General. She was nominated to the position by the United States and was elected to the position on January 1st, 2050. Her nomination was highly criticized by many former UN Diplomats and by her predecessor, Secretary-General Imam. Imam said in an interview with Euronews, "As much as I respect Mrs. Rhodes, I believe she is far too political of a pick for the position of Secretary-General. I worry that, if we politicize the position of Secretary-General, we risk the United Nations being a non-political and unaligned organization. The UN should be solely a diplomatic organization to prevent conflict and promote international organization and Mrs. Rhodes does not necessarily align with that mission."

During her first day as Secretary-General she travelled to Iran and Iraq and spoke to the leaders of both countries. She was shot at by a jihadist upon landing in Iran but was not injured. The individual who shot at her was killed by the United Nations Security Officers. Protests over her confirmation as Secretary-General were global, because of this, Rhodes took the unprecedented action of addressing the public via livestream. Rhodes said, "I promise to remain an apolitical and impartial coordinator of diplomacy for the entirety of my term."

Her term was renewed in 2054 and 2059. She has asked the United Nations General Assembly to let her term expire on January 1st, 2065.

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