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Caroline Kennedy
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy is an American author, diplomat, and attorney. She served as the United States ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017 and ambassador to Australia from 2022 to 2024. Most of Kennedy's professional life has been in literature, law, politics, education reform, and charity. She is a member of the Kennedy family and the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and First…
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culture · American author and diplomat (born 1957) · lawyer · diplomat · writer · socialite · journalist · jurist · ambassador · author · also Caroline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, Kennedy
Born 27 November 1957 · Q230303
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2026· 3 entries
The Guardian: Kennedy Center board votes again to renovate building and inscribe Trump’s name on it – report
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Public attention spiked: 13,683 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 4,350, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 1 entry
Her daughter Tatiana died from leukemia at the age of 35
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2023· 1 entry
Kennedy and her son Jack recreated and witnessed the famous 1
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2022· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States Ambassador to Australia (2022).
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2021· 2 entries
President Joe Biden nominated Kennedy to be the United States Ambassador to Australia
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Awarded Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2021).
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2019· 1 entry
The 78th anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded Person of the Year, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (2016).
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2015· 2 entries
Kennedy was named sponsor for the second USS John F
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Kennedy accompanied US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller to the memorial for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the United States in World War II
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2014· 1 entry
Attended a memorial ceremony for victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima; she was the second U
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2013· 5 entries
The committee favorably reported her nomination to the Senate floor
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Kennedy sat before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and responded to questions regarding her potential appointment
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President Obama announced Kennedy as his nominee to be United States Ambassador to Japan to succeed Ambassador John Roos
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Career landmark: United States Ambassador to Japan (2013–2017).
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Obama appointed Kennedy as the United States ambassador to Japan, making her the first woman to hold the position
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2012· 1 entry
Kennedy made appearances in Nashua and Manchester, New Hampshire, to campaign for the re-election of President Obama
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2009· 1 entry
Kennedy released a statement that she was withdrawing from consideration for the seat due to "personal reasons"
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2008· 2 entries
Obama named Kennedy, along with Jim Johnson (who withdrew one week later) and Eric Holder, to co-chair his Vice Presidential Search Committee
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Kennedy announced in a New York Times op-ed piece entitled, "A President Like My Father," that she would endorse Barack Obama in the 2008 U
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2007· 1 entry
Contributed $2,300 to Barack Obama's presidential campaign committee
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2001· 1 entry
Presented the award to former president Gerald Ford for his controversial pardon of former president Richard M
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2000· 1 entry
Kennedy supported Al Gore for the presidency and mentioned feeling a kinship with him since their fathers served together in the Senate
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1999· 1 entry
Kennedy was the only remaining survivor of President Kennedy's immediate family, and she preferred not to have a public memorial service for her brother
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded Profile in Courage Award (1989).
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1988· 3 entries
Kennedy earned a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School, graduating in the top 10 percent of her class
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Studied at Columbia Law School, Juris Doctor (1988).
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In New York City and for not providing details about her political views
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1986· 2 entries
And had three children: Rose, Tatiana, and Jack
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At Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, Massachusetts
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1984· 1 entry
Kennedy was threatened when a man telephoned the museum and stated his name and address while reporting that a bomb had been planted there
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1980· 2 entries
Kennedy earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University's Radcliffe College in fine arts, including courses on ancient Greek art, architecture and literature
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Studied at Radcliffe College, Bachelor of Arts (1980).
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1978· 1 entry
With her uncle, Senator Ted Kennedy
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1977· 1 entry
Worked as a summer intern at the New York Daily News, earning $156 a week ($829 in 2025 dollars), "fetching coffee for harried editors and reporters, changing typewriter ribbons and delivering messages
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1975· 1 entry
Studied at Concord Academy (1975).
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1971· 1 entry
Caroline returned to the White House for the first time since her father's assassination when she was invited by President Richard Nixon to view the official portrait of her father
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1970· 1 entry
Jacqueline wrote her brother-in-law Ted Kennedy a letter stating that Caroline had been without a godfather since Robert Kennedy's death and would like Ted to assume the role
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1968· 1 entry
Jacqueline sought a means of protecting her children, stating: "I hate this country
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1957· 2 entries
At New York Hospital to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and John F
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Born 1957-11-27.
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