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| image = John Kerry portrait of Climate Envoy (cropped).jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2021
| office = 1st [[United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate]]
| president = [[Joe Biden]]
| deputy =
| term_start = January 20, 2021
| term_end =
| predecessor = ''Office created''
| successor =
| office1 = 68th [[United States Secretary of State]]
| president1 = [[Barack Obama]]
| deputy1 = [[William Joseph Burns]] [[Wendy Sherman]] (acting) [[Tony Blinken]]
| term_start1 = February 1, 2013
| term_end1 = January 20, 2017
| predecessor1 = [[Hillary Clinton]]
| successor1 = [[Rex Tillerson]]
| office2 = Chair of the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]]
| term_start2 = January 6, 2009
| term_end2 = February 1, 2013
| predecessor2 = [[Joe Biden]]
| successor2 = [[Bob Menendez]]
| office3 = Chair of the [[Senate Small Business Committee]]
| term_start3 = January 4, 2007
| term_end3 = January 3, 2009
| predecessor3 = [[Olympia Snowe]]
| successor3 = [[Mary Landrieu]]
| term_start4 = June 6, 2001
| term_end4 = January 3, 2003
| predecessor4 = [[Kit Bond]]
| successor4 = [[Olympia Snowe]]
| state5 = [[Massachusetts]]
| jr/sr5 = [[United States Senator]]
| term_start5 = January 2, 1985
| term_end5 = February 1, 2013
| predecessor5 = [[Paul Tsongas]]
| successor5 = [[Mo Cowan]]
| office6 = 66th [[Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts]]
| governor6 = [[Michael Dukakis]]
| term_start6 = March 6, 1983
| term_end6 = January 2, 1985
| predecessor6 = [[Thomas P. O'Neill III]]
| successor6 = [[Evelyn Murphy]]
| birth_name = John Forbes Kerry
| birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1943|12|11}}}}
| birth_place = [[Aurora, Colorado]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Julia Thorne]]|1970|1988|reason=div}} {{marriage|[[Teresa Heinz]]|1995}}
| children = {{Hlist|[[Alexandra Kerry|Alexandra]]|[[Vanessa Kerry|Vanessa]]}}
| parents = [[Richard Kerry]] [[Rosemary Forbes Kerry|Rosemary Forbes]]
| relatives = [[Forbes family]]
| signature = John Kerry Signature2.svg
| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}
| branch = {{flag|United States Navy}}
| serviceyears = 1966–1978
| rank = [[File:US Navy O3 infobox.svg|23px]] [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]]
| unit = {{USS|Gridley|DLG-21}} Coastal Squadron 1
| commands = PCF-44 PCF-94
| battles = [[Vietnam War]]{{WIA}}
* [[Operation Sealords]]
| education = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) [[Boston College]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| mawards = [[File:Silver Star ribbon.svg|border|30px]] [[Silver Star]] [[File:Bronze Star ribbon.svg|border|30px]] [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] (with [["V" Device|valor]]) [[File:Purple Heart BAR.svg|border|30px]] [[Purple Heart]] (3) [[File:Combat Action Ribbon.svg|border|30px]] [[Combat Action Ribbon]]
}}
'''John Forbes Kerry''' (born December 11, 1943<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnkerry.com/pages/about/|title=johnkerry.com|publisher=|access-date=2008-09-14|archive-date=2012-01-27|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/65104goTA?url=http://www.johnkerry.com/pages/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref>) is an American politician. He is a former [[United States Secretary of State]] and former Senator from [[Massachusetts]] and the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee for president in [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]. He lost to [[George W. Bush]]. He has served in the [[United States Senate|Senate]] for 23 years and has also served as the lieutenant governor of [[Massachusetts]] under [[Michael Dukakis]].

In November 2020, then President-elect [[Joe Biden]] named Kerry as the [[U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate]].<ref name="wsj-confirm-nom">{{cite news |title=Biden Reveals Some Cabinet Picks |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-reveals-some-cabinet-picks-11606152632 |access-date=23 November 2020 |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |date=23 November 2020}}</ref>

==Early life==
[[File:JohnKerry.jpg|thumb|left|150px|An early senate picture of Kerry]]
Kerry was born on December 11, 1943 at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in [[Aurora, Colorado]]. His father was an officer in the [[United States Army Air Force]]. He studied at [[Yale University]] and at [[Boston College]] [[Law school]]. Kerry was raised as a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] by his Catholic father and Episcopalian mother.<ref>Caldwell, Deborah, [http://www.beliefnet.com/News/Politics/2004/08/Not-A-Prodigal-Son.aspx "Not a Prodigal Son"], ''beliefnet.com'', August 2004.</ref>

It was discovered in 2003 by Felix Gundacker, a genealogist<ref name="Kerry-NYTJudaism">{{cite news |title=Kerry's Grandfather Left Judaism Behind in Europe |author=Berger, Joseph |date=May 16, 2004 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEEDF173FF935A25756C0A9629C8B63 |accessdate=January 8, 2008}}</ref> working with ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', that Kerry's paternal grandparents, who had been born Jewish, as "Fritz Kohn" and "Ida Löwe", in the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]], changed their names to "Frederick and Ida Kerry" in 1900 and converted from [[Judaism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]] in 1901<ref name="Kerry-GlobeBio">{{cite news |author=Kranish, Michael; Mooney, Brian C.; Easton, Nina J. |title=John Kerry: The Complete Biography by ''The Boston Globe'' Reporters Who Know Him Best |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=April 27, 2004 |url=http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/kerry/book/excerpt/ |accessdate=January 8, 2008}}</ref><ref name="Kerry-GlobeRoots">{{cite news |title=Hearing of roots, Czech village roots Kerry on |author=Whitmore, Brian |date=February 22, 2004 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/02/22/hearing_of_roots_czech_village_roots_kerry_on/ |accessdate=January 8, 2008}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1968 and 1969, Kerry was a United States Navy officer in Vietnam. During the 2012 Obama reelection campaign, Kerry participated in one on one debate prep with the president, impersonating the Republican candidate [[Mitt Romney]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/164617347/likely-suspects-guessing-obama-s-second-term-cabinet|title=Likely Suspects: Guessing Obama's Second-Term Cabinet|date=November 8, 2012|last=Rama|first=Padmananda|work=North Country Public Radio|accessdate=April 23, 2020}}</ref>

Kerry's vice presidential candidate was [[John Edwards]]. The ticket lost the [[election]] to [[George W. Bush]] and [[Dick Cheney]]. One of the reasons Kerry lost is because people said he was an elitist (he did not understand most Americans) and also because a group called "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" attacked his service in [[Vietnam]].

In November 2006, Kerry once apologizes after saying that college students needed to study hard or else they would "get stuck in Iraq."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/20/us/john-kerry---fast-facts/|title=John Kerry Fast Facts|date=20 December 2012 |publisher=[[CNN]].com|accessdate=2013-07-22}}</ref>

==Secretary of State==
On December 21, 2012, President [[Barack Obama]] nominated Kerry to succeed [[Hillary Rodham Clinton|Hillary Clinton]] as [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/us/politics/kerry-is-pick-for-secretary-of-state-official-says.html|title=Kerry Is Pick for Secretary of State, Official Says|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 21, 2012|accessdate=December 21, 2012|last=Landler|first=Mark|authorlink=Mark Landler}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/12/john-kerry-to-be-nominated-to-be-secretary-of-state-sources-say/|title=Sources: Kerry to Be Nominated to Be Secretary|first=A. B. C.|last=News|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref name="kerryhuff">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/15/john-kerry-secretary-of-state_n_2306877.html |title=John Kerry To Get Secretary Of State Nomination, Reports ABC |publisher=Huffington Post |date=December 15, 2012 |accessdate=December 15, 2012}}</ref> The committee said yes on making Kerry the new Secretary of State. Kerry won confirmation by the Senate on January 29, 2012 by a 94-3 vote. He assumed the office of Secretary of State on February 1, 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Curry|first=Tom|title=Senate votes to confirm Kerry as secretary of state |url=http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/29/16758482-senate-votes-to-confirm-kerry-as-secretary-of-state |accessdate=January 29, 2013|newspaper=NBC News|date=January 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Senate Roll Call Vote|url=http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00005|accessdate=April 3, 2013|date=January 29, 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Supreme Court Justice Kagan Swears in Secretary Kerry (1).jpg|thumb|left|John Kerry is sworn in as Secretary of State by Justice [[Elena Kagan]], Feb 1, 2013]]
In a letter to [[Massachusetts]] Governor [[Deval Patrick]], Kerry announced his resignation from the Senate effective February 1.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kerry |first=John|title=Letter to Deval Patrick |url=http://cache.boston.com/multimedia/2013/01/29kerry/resignation_letter.pdf |accessdate=January 30, 2013|newspaper=boston.com|date=January 29, 2013}}</ref> Kerry was sworn in as Secretary of State on February 1, 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=CLINTON OUT, KERRY IN AS SECRETARY OF STATE|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-interview-clinton-raps-benghazi-critics|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=February 1, 2013|archive-date=February 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204020316/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-interview-clinton-raps-benghazi-critics|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Special Envoy for Climate Change==
On November 23, 2020, President-elect [[Joe Biden]] announced that Kerry will serve as the [[U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate]] in the Biden administration.<ref name="wsj-confirm-nom"/> He was sworn in on January 20, 2021, the same day Biden was [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|inaugurated]] as president.

==Personal life==
He was married to Julia from 1970 until they divorced in 1988. Then he was married to Teresa Heinz since 1995. He has two children and three step-children. He now lives in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. Kerry and his former competitor [[George W. Bush]] share an [[ancestor]] on Kerry's mother's side and Bush's father's side from the 1600s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-604163.html |title=Bush, Kerry & Hefner: Odd Cousins |author=Roberts, Joel |date=February 11, 2009 |work=[[CBS]] |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=July 11, 2013 |archive-date=June 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609181346/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-604163.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Kerry is 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) tall,<ref>{{cite news |first=Adam |last=Nagourney |authorlink=Adam Nagourney |title=Antiwar Veteran Eager for Battle |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/politics/campaigns/09KERR.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 9, 2002}}</ref> enjoys [[surfing]] and [[windsurfing]], as well as [[ice hockey]], [[hunting]] and playing [[bass guitar]]. According to an interview he gave to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine in 2004, Kerry's favorite album is ''[[Abbey Road]]'' and he is a fan of [[The Beatles]] and [[The Rolling Stones]], as well as of [[Jimi Hendrix]] and [[Jimmy Buffett]]. He never liked [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Jann S. |last=Wenner |authorlink=Jann Wenner |title=John Kerry |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6562106/john_kerry |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104074710/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6562106/john_kerry |archivedate=January 4, 2007 |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=November 11, 2004}}</ref> During his 2004 presidential campaign, Kerry used [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s "No Surrender" as one of his campaign songs. Later he would adopt [[U2]]'s "[[Beautiful Day]]" as his official campaign song.

===Health===
In 2003, Kerry was diagnosed with and successfully treated for [[prostate cancer]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sen. Kerry 's Surgery A Success |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/11/politics/main540196.shtml |work= |publisher=[[CBS]] |date=February 11, 2003}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.johnkerry.com/ JohnKerry.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104115626/http://www.johnkerry.com/ |date=2017-01-04 }}—John Kerry's political web site
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041209135553/http://www./ johnkerry. com/about/john_kerry/military_records.html Kerry's military records]—from JohnKerry.com via the [[Internet Archive]]
* [http://www.johnkerryforsenate.com John Kerry for Senate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028084216/http://www.johnkerryforsenate.com/ |date=2020-10-28 }}-Official 2008 senatorial re-election campaign website
* [http://kerry.senate.gov/ John Kerry's Online Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505023551/http://kerry.senate.gov/ |date=2010-05-05 }}—Official senatorial site
* [http://www.campaignforourcountry.com/ Campaign for Our Country] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102092804/http://www.campaignforourcountry.com/ |date=2010-01-02 }}—PAC led by Kerry
* [http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/images/day1/transcript.htm John Kerry's letter to his parents about Richard Pershing's death]—1968.
* [[s:Vietnam Veterans Against the War Statement|Statement on behalf of Vietnam Veterans Against the War]]—April 1971.
* [http://www.cwes01.com/13790/23910/ktpp179-210.pdf John Kerry's Senate hearing testimony] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050417010856/http://www.cwes01.com/13790/23910/ktpp179-210.pdf |date=2005-04-17 }} to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in 1971 (PDF file)
* [http://www.nationalreview.com/document/kerry200404231047.asp John Kerry's complete 1971 statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from National Review]
* [http://www.richmond.edu/~ebolt/history398/JohnKerryTestimony.html Selections from John Kerry's 1971 statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228095103/http://www.richmond.edu/~ebolt/history398/JohnKerryTestimony.html |date=2007-12-28 }}
* [http://fas.org/irp/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/ The BCCI Affair, A Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate], by Senator John Kerry and Senator Hank Brown, December 1992
* [https://archive.org/details/GreatSpeechesAndInterviewsWithJohnKerryAndOthers Obama rally with John Kerry and Others MP3] on February 2, 2008 in Sacramento, CA
* [http://judaism.about.com/od/jewishgenealogy/a/jewpas_kerry.htm Irish Catholic or Czech Jew?]—Kerry's long lost Jewish ethnic ancestry
* Schanberg, Sydney H., [http://www.villagevoice.com/2004-02-17/news/when-john-kerry-s-courage-went-m-i-a/ When John Kerry's Courage Went M.I.A., ''The Village Voice, '' February 17, 2004]
* Kranish, Michael, [http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/ John Kerry: Candidate in the making], ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', June 15, 2003
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3003306.stm Profile: John Kerry], Paul Reynolds, [[BBC News]], November 5, 2004
* [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/choice2004/ Frontline: the choice 2004]—Thorough two-hour special comparing Kerry and Bush
* [http://www.nysun.com/article/3775 Researcher Alleges Potential Plagiarism in 11 Passages of Kerry's Writings]

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