1April, 96216th, Blinken was born in yonkers, New York, USA. His grandparents are from Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, and they are all Jews from Hungary. His great grandfather was a Jewish writer. He came to the United States in 1904, worked as a carpenter and masseur, and also published books, which made him famous in the Jewish community.
Blinken's grandfather was a supporter of the Zionist movement, and his father Donald Blinken graduated from Harvard University and was a banker. Later, under the leadership of President Bill Clinton, he was appointed as the American ambassador to Hungary. Blinken's uncle Allen Blinken also graduated from Harvard University. He is a businessman and has been engaged in the financial field for a long time. It was also during Clinton's time that he was appointed as the American ambassador to Belgium.
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20 14, 1 1, served as US Deputy Secretary of State.
20 17 After Trump took office, Blinken turned to the private sector and founded a policy consulting company named "WestExec" with several Obama administration officials. The company's customers are private enterprises, including Blackstone Group, Bank of America, Facebook, Uber, Softbank and other large domestic and foreign enterprises.
In 2020, Blinken and former senior officials of the Obama administration set up a private equity company called Song Dao Capital.
20201October 25th, 165438 was appointed as the next US Secretary of State by Biden's team.
1On October 26th, the US Senate voted to approve Anthony Blinken as Secretary of State. On October 26th, 654381US Eastern Time, Anthony Blinken was sworn in as US Secretary of State. He said that being the 7th1Secretary of State of the United States was the honor of his life.