Richard J. Kerry
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Richard John Kerry was an American Foreign Service officer and lawyer, and was the father of U.S. Senator and 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate, John Kerry
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Kerry married Rosemary Forbes Kerry
on February 8, 1941 in Montgomery, Alabama. They had four children: Margerie (born 1941), John (born 1943), Diana (born 1947) and Cameron
(born 1950).
Kerry entered the American foreign service and served as a diplomat
in positions both in the United States and in U.S. embassies in various foreign nations. He also served as a lawyer in the Bureau of United Nations Affairs
during his career.
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W...
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Kerry married Rosemary Forbes Kerry
Rosemary Forbes Kerry
Rosemary Isabel Forbes Kerry , was one of eleven children of James Grant Forbes of the Protestant Forbes family of China and Boston, and wife Margaret Tyndal Winthrop. She studied to be a nurse, and served in the Red Cross in Paris during World War II...
on February 8, 1941 in Montgomery, Alabama. They had four children: Margerie (born 1941), John (born 1943), Diana (born 1947) and Cameron
Cameron Kerry
Cameron Forbes Kerry is the younger brother and political confidant of John F. Kerry.The fourth child of U.S. diplomat Richard J. Kerry and his wife, Rosemary Winthrop Forbes, Cameron Kerry graduated from Harvard University in 1972, and Boston College Law School in 1978. Cameron Kerry was...
(born 1950).
Kerry entered the American foreign service and served as a diplomat
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
in positions both in the United States and in U.S. embassies in various foreign nations. He also served as a lawyer in the Bureau of United Nations Affairs
Bureau of United Nations Affairs
The Bureau of United Nations Affairs was a division of the United States Department of State created in 1949. Richard J. Kerry, the father of US Senator John Kerry, worked for the bureau. Today, the division of the State Department that handles relations with the United Nations is the Bureau of...
during his career.