Colin Powell, military leader and first Black US secretary of state, dies after complications from Covid-19

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Harun Jihad Bilal

Colin Luther Powell April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021, was an African American politician, diplomat and four-star general who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. Powell was the first African American Secretary of State. Prior to the election of Barack Obama as president in 2008, Powell was one of the highest-ranking African Americans in the history of the federal executive branch (by virtue of the Secretary of State standing fourth in the presidential line of succession). Powell served as the 16th United States National Security Advisor from 1987 to 1989 and as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993. Prayers and Condolence’s to the Powell Family.

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