Angelina Jolie has been elected a member of an exclusive American foreign policy think tank.

The actress will join US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former secretary Henry Kissinger, and top economist Alan Greenspan in the ranks of the influential Council of Foreign Relations.

The New York Post said the Manhattan-based group's membership accepted Jolie's nomination on Friday night.

The CFR demands no academic credentials from the select few it lets in but does look for people who take part in world affairs.

Jolie, 31, has made dozens of trips around the world to campaign for refugees, Aids orphans and disaster victims as an UN goodwill ambassador.

Current member Dr Gordon Adams, an international affairs professor, was all in favour of the unusually glamorous new member.

"Bring her on," he told the Post, "The idea of having Henry Kissinger and Angelina Jolie in the same organisation is dazzling."

Carol Adelman, a former head of US foreign aid programmes, added: "It's not like Paris Hilton is being nominated."

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