Please introduce Powell to me.

1, Colin Luther Powell

He is the first black secretary of state, the first black and the youngest chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the United States.

1On April 5, 937, Powell was born in new york. He grew up in the South Bronx. His parents are Jamaican immigrants. Powell's family was poor when he was a child. Hardship did not hinder Powell's efforts and success.

1958 graduated from new york City University with a bachelor's degree in geography. He joined the reserve officer training team at school and was awarded the rank of second lieutenant when he graduated. After completing the basic training of an infantry officer, he was sent to serve in Germany and was promoted to lieutenant.

1On August 25th, 962, she married Alma Vivian Johnson. There is a son and two daughters.

1962- 1963 and 1968- 1969 were sent to Vietnam twice to participate in the Vietnam War.

197 1 Graduated from George Washington University with an MBA.

1973- 1974 used to be the brigade commander of the US military stationed in South Korea. Later, he was appointed as the US Army 10 1 Airborne Division in Germany, the brigade commander of the 2nd Brigade and the head of the 5th Regiment.

1977- 1980 served as senior military assistant to the deputy minister of national defense. 1978 promoted to brigadier general.

1983- 1986 served as senior military assistant to the minister of national defense.

1987 65438+February-1989 65438+1October served as President Reagan's national security adviser.

1989 president George W. bush appointed him chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and promoted him to a four-star general.

1993 retired on September 30 and resigned as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.

From June 5 to February 2000, President-elect George W. Bush nominated Powell as Secretary of State. Powell has his own way and characteristics in foreign affairs. In the Bush administration, which is famous for its tough attitude and fierce style, Powell is the only moderate figure among the core figures and is usually regarded as a typical "dove" figure. Powell once said that he was a soldier and studied war, but war should never be regarded as inevitable. He should do everything possible to avoid war. "Harmony is precious" is his aim, so it is called "Eagle Claw Dove".

But from the end of June, 2003, 5438+ 10, Powell suddenly got tough with Iraq, and his attitude seemed to take a 180 degree turn. At the Security Council meeting on February 5th, Powell submitted relevant evidence to the UN Security Council, proving that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, and hoped that more countries would support him in taking military action against Iraq.

Powell's amazing transformation is internationally recognized because he saw that President Bush has made up his mind to take military action to disarm Saddam's weapons of mass destruction.

As a retired general, Powell believes that the change of work has not changed his military characteristics. As a soldier, you must obey orders and the overall situation. Powell is a soldier who advocates peace at heart, but he must abide by the professional code of soldiers-loyalty.

Powell treats people warmly and easygoing, and has a strong affinity. In my spare time, I like watching kung fu movies or war movies directed by John Woo. Two photos were placed on the coffee table in his reception room: one was standing beside President Bush when he was sworn in; The other is a photo of him with China director John Woo and his film crew.

1995 published an autobiography, My Way to America.

During 1995, Powell, a four-star general and hero of the Gulf War, was very popular. All walks of life in the United States supported him to compete for the White House throne in the second year, but Alma resolutely implemented the "one-vote veto system": "If you run, I will leave, and you will be president alone!"

Alma has her own difficulties: it is beautiful but dangerous for her husband to be president, especially since he is the first black president in American history; In addition, a happy family life will be destroyed. She once said to her friend, "We don't want to hold that hot potato! If things go wrong, my husband will be the first black president to be assassinated! "

Powell has been in the army for more than 30 years and his family has moved more than 20 times. Alma just wants a stable and peaceful life for her family and children.

Faced with strong opposition from his wife, Powell, who has a family, has to solemnly declare in public that he has no "enthusiasm" and "responsibility" to run for president. Of course, he did not disclose family reasons. When Powell said this, Alma standing beside him showed a satisfied smile.

But Powell's cousin Bruce Llewellyn revealed: "Colin (Powell's name) really wants to try, but Alma is very stubborn."

■ The matchmaker's words contributed to the "model couple"

Powell and Alma met on a blind date at 196 1 Birmingham, Alabama. Alma's father is the principal of a local black high school, while Birmingham has only two black high schools. Powell, a young soldier at that time, felt that he was from humble origins and was not worthy of Alma, but they fell in love.

After decades of ups and downs after marriage, Alma has been supporting Powell's career in obscurity. Powell wrote in his memoirs: "I am the big winner of the love lottery game."

Powell is also a good husband and father. He likes to watch movies and travel with his wife and enjoy his daughter's drama performance. He also does housework himself, including repairing water pipes.

■ Will the final "fuse" soften?

Today, Alma, the wife of the Secretary of State, is also actively participating in social charity work. She is the vice president of the Best Friends Foundation. She writes children's books for children's charities, gives speeches on TV and raises money for poor children in Latin America.

Although mike powell, Powell's son, thinks that his father is too obedient to his mother, he joked: "If you compare his father to a complex circuit, my mother is the fuse of this circuit!" But many colleagues around Powell believe that this "fuse" has softened a lot. It has even been pointed out that there are indications that Alma "will support Powell by going up a flight of stairs". After all, the honor that goes down in history is not a small temptation, and Powell's advantage is too obvious: he is honest and clean, and he is one of the few senior members of President Bush's leadership who has not been involved in business scandals.

2. Powell (john benjamin powell 1886 ~ 1947)

Americans. 19 10 graduated from the journalism department of the university of Missouri. 1911~1916 teaches in this school. 1965438+came to Shanghai in February, 2007, participated in the founding work of Miller Review and served as an editor. 19 19 served as honorary secretary of American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. 1In the autumn of 920, he returned to the United States as a representative of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, lobbying Congress to pass the trade bill with China. 1922 acquired the equity of Miller Review and changed its name to China Review, but Chinese people still used to call it Miller Review. He had many contacts with Sun Yat-sen, Feng Yuxiang, Zhang and Du. His remarks are fair, and he sympathizes with the people of China in their anti-Japanese struggle. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, he was put into a concentration camp by the Japanese army and almost died in the concentration camp. He returned to the United States as an exchange prisoner of war in 1943. Mr. Chiang Kai-shek spoke highly of his heroism.