- American politician who was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000
Real name: | George Walker Bush |
George W. Bush Height
| How tall is George W. Bush? | 182 cm / 6 ft 0 in | Born: | 06 July 1946 Comment | How old is George W. Bush in 2024? / Age: | 77 years
| Where was George W. Bush born? | New Haven, Connecticut, US | Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
George W. Bush Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| How much is George W. Bush worth? | $35,000,000
| Nationality: | American | Hair color: | Light brown | Eyes color: | Blue |
Who is George W. Bush? / Facts
- The eldest son of Barbara and George H. W. Bush, he was born in New Haven, Connecticut
- After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in oil businesses
- He married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter
- He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election
- He was elected president in 2000 after a close and controversial election against Al Gore, becoming the fourth president to be elected while receiving fewer popular votes nationwide than an opponent
- He is the second president to have been the son of a former president, the first having been John Quincy Adams
- He is also the brother of Jeb Bush, a former Governor of Florida and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in the 2016 presidential election
- Eight months into Bush's first term as president, the September 11 terrorist attacks occurred
- Bush responded with what became known as the Bush Doctrine: launching a "War on Terror", an international military campaign which included the war in Afghanistan, in 2001, and the Iraq War, in 2003
- He also promoted policies on the economy, health care, education, social security reform, and amending the Constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage
- He signed into law broad tax cuts, the Patriot Act, the No Child Left Behind Act, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, Medicare prescription drug benefits for seniors, and funding for the AIDS relief program known as PEPFAR
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Quotes
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Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
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I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.
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