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richard armitage robert zoellick john negroponte stephen hadley colin powell sandy berger gerald lieberman hillary clinton stephen hadley john hennessy presbyterianism birmingham , alabama , u.s. george w. bush george w. bush democratic present -rrb- -lrb- before 1982 -rrb- republican -lrb- 1982 -- 66th national security advisor provost of stanford university united states secretary of state 20th united states 14 november 1954 january 26 , 2005 january 20 , 2001 1993 condoleezza rice signature 2 . svg condoleezza rice cropped.jpg border condoleezza rice
 january 20 , 2009 january 26 , 2005 1999 condoleezza rice university of denver university of notre dame
condoleezza rice

condoleezza `` condi '' rice -lrb- ; born november 14 , 1954 -rrb- is an american political scientist and diplomat .
she served as the 66th united states secretary of state , and was the second person to hold that office in the administration of president george w. bush .
rice was the first female african-american secretary of state , as well as the second african american secretary of state -lrb- after colin powell -rrb- , and the second female secretary of state -lrb- after madeleine albright -rrb- .
rice was president bush 's national security advisor during his first term , making her the first woman to serve in that position .
before joining the bush administration , she was a professor of political science at stanford university where she served as provost from 1993 to 1999 .
rice also served on the national security council as the soviet and eastern europe affairs advisor to president george h.w. bush during the dissolution of the soviet union and german reunification .
following her confirmation as secretary of state , rice pioneered the policy of transformational diplomacy directed toward expanding the number of responsible democratic governments in the world and especially in the greater middle east .
that policy faced challenges as hamas captured a popular majority in palestinian elections , and influential countries including saudi arabia and egypt maintained authoritarian systems with u.s. support .
she has logged more miles traveling than any other secretary of state .
while in the position , she chaired the millennium challenge corporation 's board of directors .
in march 2009 , rice returned to stanford university as a political science professor and the thomas and barbara stephenson senior fellow on public policy at the hoover institution .
in september 2010 , she became a faculty member of the stanford graduate school of business and a director of its global center for business and the economy .
