Former U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski dies aged 89

May 27, 2017

On Friday,, a professor and former  of the  administration, died at the age of 89.

The New York Times reported he died at a, hospital.

Brzezinski's daughter announced her father's death via. Others paid tribute to Brzezinski, including, Mika's co-host of MSNBC's , via Twitter and former U.S. president via statement.

Brzezinski was born on March 28, 1928 in,. His father, a diplomat, moved his family from Europe to Montreal, Canada in 1938 before World War II. Tadeusz retired from politics in 1944 when the Communists occupied his home country, so his family settled in the Canadian countryside.

Zbigniew Brzezinski earned two degrees from Canada's and then, in the United States, earned a  from. He began his teaching career at Harvard and then.

Throughout 1960s, Brzezinski worked for as his advisor and then the  administration. During the 1976 selections he advised Carter on foreign policy, then served as National Security Advisor (NSA) from 1977 to 1981, succeeding. As NSA, he assisted Carter in diplomatically handling world affairs, such as the, 1978; normalizing thought the late 1970s; the , which led to the , 1979; and the , 1979.

For his role in politics, Brzezinski earned the in 1981 and later the U.S.  in 2016. He has lately taught at the  and worked as a counselor for the.

Brzezinski wrote multiple books and some articles, including several from the 1950s.

Brzezinski was survived by his wife Eileen and his three children: daughter Mika and sons and.