Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell dies of COVID-19 complications

Colin Powell served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush.

October 18, 2021 05:54 pm | Updated 06:01 pm IST - WASHINGTON

As a four-star Army general, Colin Powell was chairman of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush during the 1991 Gulf War.

As a four-star Army general, Colin Powell was chairman of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush during the 1991 Gulf War.

Colin Powell, the first black United States’ Secretary of State and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 from COVID-19 complications, his family said in a statement.

"He was fully vaccinated. We want to thank the medical staff at Walter Reed National Medical Center for their caring treatment. We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American," Mr. Powell's family said in a post on his Facebook page.

As a four-star Army general, he was chairman of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush during the 1991 Gulf War in which U.S.-led forces expelled Iraqi troops from neighboring Kuwait.

Mr. Powell, a moderate Republican and a pragmatist, later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush.

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