John Kerry

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John Kerry served as the 68th United States Secretary of State under President Barack Obama, having previously represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate for 28 years, the last four as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was later the first United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate under President Joe Biden, in which role he negotiated the US–China Joint Glasgow Declaration and signed the Paris Agreement on behalf of the United States. He was the Democratic Party’s nominee for President in 2004. A decorated Vietnam War veteran, he holds a law degree from Boston College Law School.