Jeane Kirkpatrick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jeane Kirkpatrick

American diplomat and Presidential advisor

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1926

Place of Birth: Duncan, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 07-Dec-2006

Profession: politician, diplomat, political scientist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick (née Jordan; November 19, 1926 – December 7, 2006) was an American diplomat and political scientist who played a major policy role in the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration.
An ardent anticommunist, she was a longtime Democrat who became a neoconservative and switched to the Republican Party in 1985.
After serving as Ronald Reagan's foreign policy adviser in his 1980 campaign, she became the first woman to serve as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.She was known for the "Kirkpatrick Doctrine", which advocated supporting authoritarian regimes around the world if they went along with Washington's aims.
She believed that they could be led into democracy by example.
She wrote, "traditional authoritarian governments are less repressive than revolutionary autocracies."Kirkpatrick served on Reagan's Cabinet on the National Security Council, Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, Defense Policy Review Board, and chaired the Secretary of Defense Commission on Fail Safe and Risk reduction of the Nuclear Command and Control System.
She wrote a syndicated newspaper column after leaving government service in 1985, specializing in analysis of the activities of the United Nations.