The previous U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, is dead. 

Mr Powell, 84, passed on of COVID-19 issues, his family reported. 

The family said Mr Powell had been completely inoculated against COVID-19. 

“We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,” the family’s statement quoted by the BBC said.

“We want to thank the medical staff… for their caring treatment.”

Mr Powell, a previous military general, rose to turn into the primary African-American secretary of state, under President George Bush. 

As secretary of state, he turned into the most elevated positioning Black public authority to date in the nation, standing fourth in the official line of progression back in 2001. 

A profoundly adorned armed force official, he passed on the military in 1993 and committed opportunity to composing his self-portrayal. 

Mr Powell turned into a top military consultant to various driving U.S. government officials. 

As indicated by CNN, his public noteriety took off in the consequence of the US-drove alliance win during the Gulf War, and for a period during the 90s, he was viewed as a main competitor to becomr thr first Black President of the United States. 

In spite of being a moderate Republican, he, in 2008, embraced Barack Obama, a Democrat, for the U.S. administration.