Henry Kissinger: a life in pictures

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1934: Henry Kissinger, 11, with his arm around his brother Walter, 10. The two grew up in prewar Germany

1969: In Washington. Kissinger served as national security adviser under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford from 1969-75

1972: In the White House barber shop with barber Milton Pitts

1974: Kissinger accepts food from China’s premier Zhou Enlai during a state banquet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Kissinger implemented a successful rapprochement with China

1973: At the US state department after hearing he had won the Nobel Peace Prize. The then-secretary of state controversially won the accolade with his North Vietnamese counterpart Le Duc Tho

1974: Nixon listens to Kissinger aboard a flight to Belgium

1974: Kissinger with Egypt’s president Anwar Sadat in Cairo. His “shuttle diplomacy” after the brief Yom Kippur war between Israel and Egypt led to the two sides disengaging

1974: On an official visit to Amman, Jordan

1974: Kissinger meets Israeli defence minister Moshe Dayan in Washington. They met for a second round of discussions on how far Israel was willing to withdraw from the Golan Heights

1975: Kissinger with his wife Nancy on a flight between Egypt and Israel

1983: Margaret Thatcher meets Kissinger

2017: Donald Trump meets Kissinger in the White House. After leaving government in 1977, Kissinger was consulted by every US president

2023: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Kissinger in Beijing