John Foster Dulles

John Foster Dulles
Born	February 25, 1888 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died	May 24, 1959 (aged 71) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Cause of death	Cancer
Political orientation	Imperialism Anti-communism
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Janet Pomeroy Avery

John Foster Dulles (February 25, 1888 – May 24, 1959) was an Statesian politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as United States secretary of state under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 until his resignation in 1959. A member of the Republican Party, he was briefly a U.S. senator from New York in 1949 and was influential in foreign policy circles prior to his appointment as secretary of state.

Foster Dulles became secretary of state at the same time his younger brother, Allen Dulles, became director of the CIA and together they wielded huge influence over the overt and covert functions of U.S. imperialism during the Eisenhower administration. Together the brothers played key roles in the overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and Jacobo Árbenz in Guatemala as well as the destabilisation of Indonesia under Sukarno.