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href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iohannes_Kerry" title="Iohannes Kerry – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Iohannes Kerry" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A" title="جون كيري – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جون كيري" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Kerri" title="Con Kerri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Con Kerri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="جان کری – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="جان کری" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF" title="জন কেরি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="জন কেরি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Джон Керы – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Джон Керы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Джон Кери – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Джон Кери" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pdc mw-list-item"><a href="https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Pennsylvania German" lang="pdc" hreflang="pdc" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Deitsch" data-language-local-name="Pennsylvania German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deitsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%9A%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%81%CF%85" title="Τζον Κέρρυ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τζον Κέρρυ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="جان کری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جان کری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EC%BC%80%EB%A6%AC" title="존 케리 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="존 케리" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%94%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB" title="Ջոն Քերի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ջոն Քերի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80" title="जॉन केरी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="जॉन केरी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%99" title="ג'ון קרי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ג'ון קרי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="ჯონ კერი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჯონ კერი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Kerry" title="Ioannes Kerry – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ioannes Kerry" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEons_Kerijs" title="Džons Kerijs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Džons Kerijs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="John Kerry" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Џон Кери – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Џон Кери" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BA_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF" title="ജോൺ കെറി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ജോൺ കെറി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80" title="जॉन केरी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="जॉन केरी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="ჯონ კერი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ჯონ კერი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89" title="جون كيرى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جون كيرى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="جان کری – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="جان کری" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" 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class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2021</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em">1st <a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Presidential_Envoy_for_Climate" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate">United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 20, 2021 – March 6, 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office created</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Podesta" title="John Podesta">John Podesta</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em">68th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />February 1, 2013 – January 20, 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Joseph_Burns" title="William Joseph Burns">William Joseph Burns</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Sherman" title="Wendy Sherman">Wendy Sherman</a> (acting)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blinken" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Blinken">Tony Blinken</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rex_Tillerson" title="Rex Tillerson">Rex Tillerson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em">Chair of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Senate_Foreign_Relations_Committee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Senate Foreign Relations Committee (not yet started)">Senate Foreign Relations Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 6, 2009 – February 1, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Menendez" title="Bob Menendez">Bob Menendez</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em">Chair of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Senate_Small_Business_Committee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Senate Small Business Committee (not yet started)">Senate Small Business Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Olympia_Snowe" title="Olympia Snowe">Olympia Snowe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Landrieu" title="Mary Landrieu">Mary Landrieu</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kit_Bond" title="Kit Bond">Kit Bond</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Olympia_Snowe" title="Olympia Snowe">Olympia Snowe</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 2, 1985 – February 1, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Tsongas" title="Paul Tsongas">Paul Tsongas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mo_Cowan" title="Mo Cowan">Mo Cowan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em">66th <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 6, 1983 – January 2, 1985</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Dukakis" title="Michael Dukakis">Michael Dukakis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_P._O%27Neill_III" title="Thomas P. O'Neill III">Thomas P. O'Neill III</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evelyn_Murphy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evelyn Murphy (not yet started)">Evelyn Murphy</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">John Forbes Kerry</div><br /><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1943-12-11</span>) </span>December 11, 1943<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 80)</span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora, Colorado</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9640852">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julia_Thorne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julia Thorne (not yet started)">Julia Thorne</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1970; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1988)<wbr /></div><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/w/index.php?title=Vanessa_Kerry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vanessa Kerry (not yet started)">Vanessa</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Kerry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Kerry (not yet started)">Richard Kerry</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rosemary_Forbes_Kerry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rosemary Forbes Kerry (not yet started)">Rosemary Forbes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Forbes_family&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Forbes family (not yet started)">Forbes family</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Boston_College" title="Boston College">Boston College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" class="mw-redirect" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Kerry_Signature2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="John Kerry's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/John_Kerry_Signature2.svg/128px-John_Kerry_Signature2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/John_Kerry_Signature2.svg/192px-John_Kerry_Signature2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/John_Kerry_Signature2.svg/256px-John_Kerry_Signature2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="159" data-file-height="77" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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class="infobox-label">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data">PCF-44<br />PCF-94</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Wounded_in_action" title="Wounded in action">WIA</a>)</small> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Sealords&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Sealords (not yet started)">Operation Sealords</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/30px-Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" 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data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal" title="Bronze Star Medal">Bronze Star</a> (with <a href="/w/index.php?title=%22V%22_Device&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title=""V" Device (not yet started)">valor</a>)<br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg/30px-Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg/45px-Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg/60px-Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Purple_Heart" title="Purple Heart">Purple Heart</a> (3)<br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Combat_Action_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Combat_Action_Ribbon.svg/30px-Combat_Action_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Combat_Action_Ribbon.svg/45px-Combat_Action_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Combat_Action_Ribbon.svg/60px-Combat_Action_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Combat_Action_Ribbon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Combat Action Ribbon (not yet started)">Combat Action Ribbon</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Forbes Kerry</b> (born December 11, 1943<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is an American politician. He is a former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a> and former Senator from <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democratic</a> nominee for president in <a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election" title="2004 United States presidential election">2004</a>. He lost to <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>. He has served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> for 23 years and has also served as the lieutenant governor of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> under <a href="/wiki/Michael_Dukakis" title="Michael Dukakis">Michael Dukakis</a>. </p><p>In November 2020, then President-elect <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> named Kerry as the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Special_Presidential_Envoy_for_Climate" title="U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate">U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wsj-confirm-nom_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj-confirm-nom-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned in early 2024 to help with Biden's <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden_2024_presidential_campaign" title="Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign">re-election campaign</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kerry&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Early life" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kerry&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Early life"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JohnKerry.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/JohnKerry.jpg/150px-JohnKerry.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/JohnKerry.jpg/225px-JohnKerry.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/JohnKerry.jpg/300px-JohnKerry.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1492" data-file-height="1875" /></a><figcaption>An early senate picture of Kerry</figcaption></figure> <p>Kerry was born on December 11, 1943 at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in <a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora, Colorado</a>. His father was an officer in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Force" title="United States Army Air Force">United States Army Air Force</a>. He studied at <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> and at <a href="/wiki/Boston_College" title="Boston College">Boston College</a> <a href="/wiki/Law_school" title="Law school">Law school</a>. Kerry was raised as a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a> by his Catholic father and Episcopalian mother.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was discovered in 2003 by Felix Gundacker, a genealogist<sup id="cite_ref-Kerry-NYTJudaism_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerry-NYTJudaism-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> working with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Boston_Globe" title="The Boston Globe">The Boston Globe</a></i>, that Kerry's paternal grandparents, who had been born Jewish, as "Fritz Kohn" and "Ida Löwe", in the <a href="/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Austro-Hungarian Empire">Austro-Hungarian Empire</a>, changed their names to "Frederick and Ida Kerry" in 1900 and converted from <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> to <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholicism</a> in 1901<sup id="cite_ref-Kerry-GlobeBio_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerry-GlobeBio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kerry-GlobeRoots_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerry-GlobeRoots-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kerry&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Career" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kerry&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Career"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1968 and 1969, Kerry was a United States Navy officer in Vietnam. During the 2012 Obama reelection campaign, Kerry participated in one on one debate prep with the president, impersonating the Republican candidate <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kerry's vice presidential candidate was <a href="/wiki/John_Edwards" title="John Edwards">John Edwards</a>. The ticket lost the <a href="/wiki/Election" title="Election">election</a> to <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a>. One of the reasons Kerry lost is because people said he was an elitist (he did not understand most Americans) and also because a group called "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" attacked his service in <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>. </p><p>In November 2006, Kerry once apologizes after saying that college students needed to study hard or else they would "get stuck in Iraq."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Secretary_of_State">Secretary of State</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kerry&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Secretary of State" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kerry&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Secretary of State"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 21, 2012, President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> nominated Kerry to succeed <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Rodham_Clinton" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillary Rodham Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kerryhuff_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kerryhuff-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee said yes on making Kerry the new Secretary of State. Kerry won confirmation by the Senate on January 29, 2012 by a 94-3 vote. He assumed the office of Secretary of State on February 1, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Supreme_Court_Justice_Kagan_Swears_in_Secretary_Kerry_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Supreme_Court_Justice_Kagan_Swears_in_Secretary_Kerry_%281%29.jpg/220px-Supreme_Court_Justice_Kagan_Swears_in_Secretary_Kerry_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Supreme_Court_Justice_Kagan_Swears_in_Secretary_Kerry_%281%29.jpg/330px-Supreme_Court_Justice_Kagan_Swears_in_Secretary_Kerry_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Supreme_Court_Justice_Kagan_Swears_in_Secretary_Kerry_%281%29.jpg/440px-Supreme_Court_Justice_Kagan_Swears_in_Secretary_Kerry_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>John Kerry is sworn in as Secretary of State by Justice <a href="/wiki/Elena_Kagan" title="Elena Kagan">Elena Kagan</a>, Feb 1, 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>In a letter to <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> Governor <a href="/wiki/Deval_Patrick" title="Deval Patrick">Deval Patrick</a>, Kerry announced his resignation from the Senate effective February 1.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kerry was sworn in as Secretary of State on February 1, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Special_Envoy_for_Climate_Change">Special Envoy for Climate Change</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kerry&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Special Envoy for Climate Change" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kerry&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Special Envoy for Climate Change"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 23, 2020, President-elect <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> announced that Kerry will serve as the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Special_Presidential_Envoy_for_Climate" title="U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate">U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate</a> in the Biden administration.<sup id="cite_ref-wsj-confirm-nom_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj-confirm-nom-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was sworn in on January 20, 2021, the same day Biden was <a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Joe_Biden" title="Inauguration of Joe Biden">inaugurated</a> as president. </p><p>On January 13, 2024, at least three sources close to Kerry revealed that he would step down as U.S. climate envoy by the upcoming spring to help with Biden's re-election campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He told the <a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a> he planned to stay active in the climate finance space.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He officially resigned from his position on March 6, 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kerry&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Personal life" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kerry&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Personal life"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was married to Julia from 1970 until they divorced in 1988. Then he was married to Teresa Heinz since 1995. He has two children and three step-children. He now lives in <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a>. Kerry and his former competitor <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> share an <a href="/wiki/Ancestor" title="Ancestor">ancestor</a> on Kerry's mother's side and Bush's father's side from the 1600s.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kerry is 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) tall,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> enjoys <a href="/wiki/Surfing" title="Surfing">surfing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windsurfing" title="Windsurfing">windsurfing</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hunting" title="Hunting">hunting</a> and playing <a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">bass guitar</a>. According to an interview he gave to <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> magazine in 2004, Kerry's favorite album is <i><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Road" title="Abbey Road">Abbey Road</a></i> and he is a fan of <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a>, as well as of <a href="/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Buffett" title="Jimmy Buffett">Jimmy Buffett</a>. He never liked <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his 2004 presidential campaign, Kerry used <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a>'s "No Surrender" as one of his campaign songs. Later he would adopt <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Day" title="Beautiful Day">Beautiful Day</a>" as his official campaign song. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health">Health</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kerry&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Health" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kerry&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Health"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003, Kerry was diagnosed with and successfully treated for <a href="/wiki/Prostate_cancer" title="Prostate cancer">prostate cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div 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Inglis">Inglis</a> (2021–2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">White House <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> Response Coordinator</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Zients" title="Jeff Zients">Zients</a> (2021–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashish_Jha" title="Ashish Jha">Jha</a> (2022–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/White_House_Climate_Coordinator" class="mw-redirect" title="White House Climate Coordinator">White House Climate Coordinator</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gina_McCarthy" title="Gina McCarthy">McCarthy</a> (2021–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Zaidi_(lawyer)" title="Ali Zaidi (lawyer)">Zaidi</a> (2022–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Other_independent_offices" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other independent offices</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation">Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_A._Wray" title="Christopher A. 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href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Del_Toro" title="Carlos Del Toro">Del Toro</a> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States" title="Surgeon General of the United States">Surgeon General</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vivek_Murthy" title="Vivek Murthy">Murthy</a> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Permanent_Representative_to_NATO" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Permanent Representative to NATO">United States Permanent 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International Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samantha_Power" title="Samantha Power">Power</a> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Rosenworcel" title="Jessica Rosenworcel">Rosenworcel</a> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commissioner of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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