John Kerry

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American politician diplomat human lawyer

John Kerry is an American politician and diplomat, former U.S. senator from Massachusetts, 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, former Secretary of State, and a leading figure in U.S. foreign policy and climate diplomacy.

Aliases (4)

Democratic Party presidential nominee John Kerry ×1
John Forbes Kerry ×1
John Kerry–John Edwards ×1
Kerry ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → diplomat → human → lawyer →
appointedBy	Barack Obama →
conflictParticipatedIn	Vietnam War →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1943-12-11 →
educatedAt	Boston College Law School → Yale University →
endTime	service in U.S. Senate ended in 2013 → term as United States Secretary of State ended in 2017 →
familyName	Kerry →
formerSpouse	Julia Thorne →
fullName	John Forbes Kerry →
givenName	John →
hasHonor	Bronze Star Medal → Purple Heart → Silver Star Medal →
knownFor	U.S. foreign policy leadership → climate diplomacy →
languageSpoken	English → French →
lostElectionTo	George W. Bush →
memberOf	United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations →
militaryBranch	United States Navy →
militaryRank	Lieutenant (junior grade) →
nominatedFor	Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 2004 →
notableWork	A Call to Service → Every Day Is Extra →
numberOfChildren	2 →
officeCreatedFor	United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate →
participatedIn	Paris Agreement climate negotiations →
placeOfBirth	Aurora, Colorado, United States →
politicalParty	Democratic Party →
positionHeld	Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts → United States Secretary of State → United States Senator → United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate →
precededBy	Hillary Clinton →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
representedInSenate	Massachusetts →
residence	Massachusetts →
runningMate	John Edwards →
servedInAdministrationOf	Barack Obama → Joe Biden → Michael Dukakis →
spouse	Teresa Heinz Kerry →
startTime	service in U.S. Senate began in 1985 → term as United States Secretary of State began in 2013 →
succeededBy	Rex Tillerson →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Iowa Democratic caucuses 2004 → New Hampshire Democratic primary 2004 →	majorCandidate
Iowa Democratic caucuses 2004 → New Hampshire Democratic primary 2004 →	winner
Stronger at Home, Respected in the World ("Democratic Party presidential nominee John Kerry") →	associatedWithCandidate
John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign →	candidate
2004 United States presidential election →	electoralVoteLoser
John Kerry ("Kerry") →	familyName
John Kerry ("John Forbes Kerry") →	fullName
H. J. Heinz family members →	hasMember
Yale Law School →	hasNotableAlumni
Skull and Bones →	hasNotableMember
2004 United States presidential election →	loser
2004 United States presidential election →	mainChallenger
Wesley Clark 2004 presidential campaign →	nominatedCandidateOfParty
George W. Bush 2004 presidential campaign →	opponent
2004 United States presidential election →	popularVoteLoser
John Edwards 2004 presidential campaign →	primaryOpponent
John Edwards →	runningMateOf
Hillary Clinton →	succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
John Edwards 2004 presidential campaign ("John Kerry–John Edwards") →	ticket
Iowa Democratic caucuses 2004 →	ultimatelyNominatedCandidate
Stronger at Home, Respected in the World →	usedBy
John Edwards 2004 presidential campaign →	vicePresidentialNomineeWith
Wesley Clark 2004 presidential campaign →	withdrewInFavorOf