Biography
George Bush-senior is one of the largest politicians of the United States. He is known as the 41st president of the country, an outstanding congressman, speaker and diplomat, as well as the father of the 43rd president of George Bush Jr.. The Bush Sr. During his presidency managed to take a number of iconic solutions and strengthen the position of the native country in the international political arena. In 2017, a man was recognized as the longest man from among the former US presidents.Childhood and youth
George Bush was born on June 12, 1924 in the city of Milton (which in Massachusetts). George Herberta Walker Bush's father (such a full name of the former US president) was not alien to politics and business: a man entered the advice of major firms, his own banking was conducted and even for ten years represented the staff of Connecticut in the metropolitan senate.
The financial condition of the Father allowed George Bush, the older to receive an excellent education - the young man graduated from the notorious Academy of Phillips in his native state. This boarding school was considered at that time the most prestigious educational institution of Massachusetts.
After graduating from school, in 1942, Bush entered the United States Navy. In the army after brief flight courses, the future president was able to become the youngest military sea pilot of those years (George then was 18). In 1945, a young man resigned from the army with honor.
After the service, George Bush again continued his studies by choosing the famous University of Yale. Instead of the traditional four years on the development of the full course, Bush Sr. spent only 2.5 years. During his studies, George managed to visit the president of one of the student fraternities and head the university basketball team.
In 1948, George Bush Elder graduated from the university, becoming a certified specialist in the field of economics. After Yel, George moved to Texas, where he began to delve into the laws and subtleties of the oil business. Thanks to the relationships and position of Father, George Bush was lucky enough to get a major company to the position of a sales specialist.
Some time later, having mastered the details of this business, George Bush Sr. opened his own oil company. Business turned out to be successful, and soon the man has replenished the list of American millionaires.
Politics
Success in business ambitious George Bush, who has always been interested in the external and domestic policy, was not enough, and in 1964 a man put his own candidacy for the country's Senate. However, failed in the elections without typing the desired number of votes from Texas.
Then Bush Sr. decided to leave a business and devote the lives of politics. George's efforts did not disappear: already in 1966 he received a cherished place in the House of Representatives of the Congress of the country, and two years later was re-elected for this post a second time. But the re-attempt to get to the US Senate, undertaken by Bush in the 1970s, again turned out to be failed.
In the same year, George W. Bush received a appointment for the post office of the country in the UN, and three years later headed the National Committee of the Republican Party. In parallel, the politician honed the skills of the diplomat, becoming the head of American diplomission and working on Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford (former Secretary of State and the President of the country) to China. Also during the year, George Bush Senior headed the CIA of the United States (until 1977).
In the 1980s, George Bush Senior first tried to nominate his own candidate for the presidency of the country, however, he lost in the number of votes in preliminary elections (primariza) Ronald Reagan.
The battle for the presidential post was fierce, but Bush after a number of interviews and debates enlisted support for a rather significant part of the voters. But Raigan's conservator still managed to bypass rivals. Nevertheless, it was possible to stay in George Bush politics: it was Bush Reagan who chose the vice-president and, in fact, his main assistant.
Being a vice president, George Bush-senior with his characteristic directness and purposefulness took up state programs to combat drugs, achieved a decrease in the influence of the state for a private business and even for eight hours officially performed the duties of the President of the United States, when Ronald Reagan had to agree to the operation on the intestines.
It was not without scandals: in 1986 a number of illegal arms trade operations were revealed. Some officials of the White House, which delivered weapons to Iran, were implicited, and the money received was sent to the support of the opposition-minded grouping in Nicaragua. However, Bush, and Reagan stated that they were not aware of these illegal frauds.
In 1988, the next election campaign was launched and George Bush again decided to try to take the presidential chair. This time the politician was prepared much better: one of the speeches of Bush-senior, addressed to representatives of the Republican Party, even entered the story called "Thousand Colors of Light".
In it, politicians stressed the postulates, which he was going to rest in case of election as president of the country. In particular, noted his own rejection of abortions, and also stated that he would support the death penalty, the right of the United States citizens to wearing firearms and would not allow the introduction of new taxes.
This time, the sympathies of voters were on the side of Bush, and on November 8, 1988, politics officially elected the new US president. In this post, George Bush Senior spent four years. The results of the board of Bush, the older, first of all, it is considered to be improved relations from the USSR. George Bush spent several meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev.
As a result, politics signed an official agreement on the limitation of the so-called "arms race". Then, in 1992, America and Russia advanced even further when Bush Elder and Boris Yeltsin signed a document that meant the complete cessation of the Cold War between countries.
Not less effective were the efforts of George Bush and in the internal policy of the United States. The main efforts of the policy were aimed at reducing the budget deficit, which, by the beginning of the Boys-senior, accepted a frightening value.
In 1992, George Bush Sr. declared his intention to run again to the presidential post, but the policies could not save the chair. The victory in the election won Democrat Bill Clinton. However, the departure from politics did not mean for George Bush a refusal of social activities. The man continued to engage in public projects, helped the fight against oncology, and some time headed the funds of assistance to victims due to tsunami, hurricanes and earthquakes.
Personal life
The personal life of George Bush-Sr. has developed happily. Hardly returning from the army, the dealership of George Bush, the older - 188 cm) met love. The chief of men became Barbara Pierce (such is her surname in Major).
Over the years of the Society, the wife presented the spouse of six children: George Walker Bush (who later became the US President), Paulina Robinson (the girl died at 4 years from behind Leikoza), John Ellis (who also became a politician and who had governing Florida ), Neil Malon, Marvina Pierce and Dorothy Bush Koh.
Death
In 2017, George Bush Sr. became the longest man among the chair of the President of the United States. Despite the old age and shaking health, Bush's anniversary noted a traditional parachute jump - so a former politician celebrates anniversaries from 75 years.
And in 2018, George Bush, the older photo appeared on the pages of news publications. This time the tragic page in the biography of a man became the reason: April 17, Bush's wife, Barbara Bush, left life. The last months of Life George Bush was depressed.
December 1, 2018 George Bush Sr. died at the age of 94. The death of the US President told his spokeswoman.
Awards and achievements
American
- Honor of the island of Ellis
- 2006 - Philadelphic Freedom Medal together with William J. Clinton
- 2010 - Presidential Medal of Freedom
Foreign
- Order of Merit Pro Merito Melitensi Cavaller Degree Big Cross (Malta)
- 1993 - Order of the Bani Knight-Commander (United Kingdom)
- 1993 - Order of the British Empire degree of Knight-Commander (United Kingdom)
- 1994 - Order "For merits to the Federal Republic of Germany" Degree of Cavaller of the Big Cross of a Special Degree (Germany)
- 1995 - Order of merit to the Republic of Poland Degree of Cavaller Big Cross (Poland)
- 1999 - the Order of the White Lion 1 degree (Czech Republic)
- 2001 - Order Dostyk (Kazakhstan)
- 2005 - the Order of the Cross of Earth Maria 1st Class (Estonia)
- 2005 - the anniversary medal "60 years of victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" (Russia)