Jean Kennedy Smith Net Worth, Income, Salary, Earnings, Biography

Jean Ann Kennedy Smith (born February 20, 1928) is a former United States Ambassador to Ireland and a career diplomat from the United States. She is the eighth of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald, and the last of their surviving children. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald had nine children. The President of the United States, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, the long-serving Senator Ted Kennedy, and the creator of the Special Olympics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, are all among her siblings. Smith is the creator of Very Special Arts (VSA), a globally renowned non-profit organisation committed to fostering a culture in which people with disabilities may participate in the arts. Smith has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Michigan. President Barack Obama presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honour, in 2011 in recognition of her work with the Veterans Administration and the handicapped. 

As President Bill Clinton’s envoy in Dublin during his tenure as Ambassador to Ireland from 1993 to 1998, Smith played an important role in the Northern Ireland peace process. The fact that she was successful in her efforts to persuade the United States government to issue a visa to Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams was a primary cause of the Irish Republican Army announcing a ceasefire in 1994. Smith was awarded honorary Irish citizenship by then-President Mary McAleese in 1998 in appreciation of her contributions to the nation.

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