Secretary, United States Department of State, 2013-2017

Nominated by President Barack Obama, Secretary, United States Department of State, January 7, 2013

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Secretary, United States Department of State, January 29, 2013

Senator, United States Senate, 1984-2013

Candidate, United States President, 2004

Lieutenant Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1983-1985

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1972

Former Co-Chair, Congressional Vietnam-Era Veterans Caucus

Former Chair, Democratic Steering Committee

Former Chair, Hispanic Task Force

Former Chair, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Former Member, Senate New Democrat Coalition

Former Co-Chair, Senate Prosecutors Caucus

Former Chair, Senate Select Committee on Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Affairs

Former Prosecutor, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

First Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1976-1982

Lieutenant, United States Navy, Vietnam, 1966-1969

Member, Massachusetts Bar Association, present

Co-Founder, Vietnam Veterans of America, present

Former Leader, Vietnam Veterans Against the War

Astrological Sign:

Sagittarius

Awards:

Policy Maker of the Year, Massachusetts Telecommunications Council, 2004;
John W. McCormick Award for Public Service, 2002;
Award For Significant and Exemplary Support Rendered To Veterans of This Country and of the Cape and Islands, NAM Vets of Cape Cod and Islands, 2002;
Gerry Studds Stewardship Award, Boston Harbor Island Alliance, 2001;
Steven P. Duggan Award for International Understanding, Institute of International Education, 2001;
Powerful Friend Recognition Award, Parents for Residential Reform/Mass Families Organizing for Change and the Federation for Children with Special Needs, 2001;
Legislator of the Year, Nurse Association of America, 2001;
Silver Star;
Bronze Star with Combat V;
Three Purple Hearts

Father's Name:

Richard Kerry

Father's Occupation:

WWII Pilot, Foreign Service Officer

Mother's Name:

Rosemary

Mother's Occupation:

Community Activist, Girl Scout Leader

Number of Grandchildren:

3 Grandchildren

Pets (include names):

German Shepherd

Publications:

Co-Author with John Edwards, Our Plan for America: Stronger at Home, Respected in the World (Perseus Books Group, 2004);
A Call to Service: My Vision for a Better America (New York: Penguin Books, 2003);
The New War: The Web of Crime that Threatens America's Security (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997);
Co-Author with Teresa Heinz Kerry, This Moment on Earth