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Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

Birthday: 1923-05-27 | Place of Birth: Fürth, Germany

Henry Alfred Kissinger KCMG (May 27, 1923) is an American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. A Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany with his family in 1938, he became National Security Advisor in 1969 and U.S. Secretary of State in 1973. For his actions negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam, Kissinger received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize under controversial circumstances, with two members of the committee resigning in protest. A practitioner of Realpolitik, Kissinger played a prominent role in United States foreign policy between 1969 and 1977. During this period, he pioneered the policy of détente with the Soviet Union, orchestrated the opening of relations with China, engaged in what became known as shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East to end the Yom Kippur War, and negotiated the Paris Peace Accords, ending American involvement in the Vietnam War. Kissinger has also been associated with such controversial policies as U.S. involvement in the 1973 Chilean military coup, a "green light" to Argentina's military junta for their Dirty War, and U.S. support for Pakistan during the Bangladesh War despite the genocide being perpetrated by his allies. Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Kissinger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
The Jump

as    Self

2018
Another Day of Life

as    Himself (archive footage)

2018
John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls

as    Self (archive footage)

2016
HyperNormalisation

as    Self (archive footage)

2014
Face of Unity

as    Self

2013
Our Nixon

as    Self

2013
2011
2009
The Shock Doctrine

as    Self (archive footage)

2007
Torn from the Flag

as    Himself

2007
2007
The War on Democracy

as    Self (archive footage)

2007
Sputnik Mania

as    Self (archive footage)