Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has died

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, one of the important figures in US foreign policy, has died at the age of 100. Henry Kissinger, who was Secretary of State under Richard Nixon and one of the most important figures in US foreign policy in the 20th century, has died at the age of 100. The consulting firm Kissinger Associates announced that Kissinger had died, but the cause was not specified. Kissinger served as US Secretary of State between September 1973 and January 1977 during the presidencies of Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon. He also served as National Security Advisor between 1969 and 1975. Kissinger was US Secretary of State during Turkey's Cyprus Operation in 1974. The famous diplomat advised many presidents, including Joe Biden, throughout his long career, and won the Nobel Prize for facilitating negotiations to end the Vietnam War. Kissinger was an academic at Harvard University before Nixon was elected President of the United States in 1968. Kissinger, who worked closely with Nixon, was influential in the decision to end the Vietnam War, including the secret bombings of Cambodia in 1969 and 1970. Kissinger, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, was among the most controversial awards. Kissinger, who turns 100 in May 2023, said in an interview with CBS ahead of his birthday, "It's a reflection of their ignorance, it wasn't thought of that way," to those who see his foreign policy as a "crime." Following Kissinger's death, former US President George W Bush said that the US had lost its most trusted and most dependent name in foreign relations.