Former United States (US) Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who played a pivotal and polarising role in US foreign policy during the Cold War, has died at the age of 100.
Kissinger served as America’s top diplomat and national security adviser during the Nixon and Ford administrations.
In spite of leaving office in the mid-1970s, he continued to be consulted by generations of leaders for decades.
The German-born former diplomat died at his home in Connecticut.
Wednesday night’s statement from Kissinger Associates, the policy consultancy he founded, did not give a cause of death.
Former US President George W Bush led tributes, saying the US had “lost one of the most dependable and distinctive voices on foreign affairs”.