Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton
Clinton in 2016
67th United States Secretary of State
In office January 21, 2009 – February 1, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	John Negroponte James Steinberg William J. Burns
Preceded by	Condoleezza Rice
Succeeded by	John Kerry
United States Senator from New York
In office January 3, 2001 – January 21, 2009
Preceded by	Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Succeeded by	Kirsten Gillibrand
First Lady of the United States
In role January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Barbara Bush
Succeeded by	Laura Bush
First Lady of Arkansas
In role January 11, 1983 – December 12, 1992
Governor	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Gay Daniels White
Succeeded by	Betty Tucker
In role January 9, 1979 – January 19, 1981
Governor	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Barbara Pryor
Succeeded by	Gay Daniels White
11th Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2, 2020
President	Ian Greer
Preceded by	Thomas J. Moran
Personal details
Born	Hillary Diane Rodham (1947-10-26) October 26, 1947 (age 77) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Bill Clinton ​ (m. 1975)​
Children	Chelsea Clinton
Parents	Hugh Rodham Dorothy Howell
Relatives	Clinton family
Residence	Chappaqua, New York, U.S. Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education	Wellesley College (BA) Yale University (JD)
Awards	List of honors and awards
Signature
Website	hillaryclinton.com
Hillary Clinton's voice Clinton conceding the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump Recorded November 9, 2016

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is a retired American politician and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 under Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a United States senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. She was also the first lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 as the wife of President Bill Clinton.

She was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000. She became the first female senator from New York and the first presidential wife to hold a political office, during and after her husband's term as president.

Clinton ran for president in 2008, but lost to Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries. She resigned from the Senate in January 2009 to become the U.S. secretary of state.

She was harshly criticized for her failure to prevent or respond to the 2012 Benghazi attack. She later resigned from the Obama administration in February 2013.

Clinton made a second presidential run in 2016. She became the first woman to be nominated by a major political party for president.

Clinton won the Democratic nomination, but lost the election to Republican opponent Donald Trump in the Electoral College, despite winning the popular vote.

Following her loss, she has wrote multiple books and has been serving as the chancellor of the Queen's University Belfast since January 2020.