Biography
American politician Gerald Rudolf Ford was a Congressman from the Republican Party, who after Richard Nixon became the 38th US president. During his reign of Europe, the country's country has entered into an act of meeting and cooperation meetings, and the Soviet Union began negotiations on ADS-2.Childhood and youth
The biography of America's president, at the birth of Leslie Linch King, began on July 14, 1913 in Nebraska in the north of the United States. 16 days after the boy's appearance, the Father, a former wool trader, ripped relations with his wife Dorothy, and she stayed with a child alone.
In search of support, the woman went to the house of the parents, located on the outskirts of Grand Rapids, where in February 1916 became his wife Gerald Ford.
Having received the name and surname of the new stepfather, the boy entered the secondary school, where he was a diligent student and scout, who had won the title of "Orel-Scout" and loved to play football.
Without separation from obtaining education, the future politician became the captain of the youth team, which participated in the competitions of the local league and once with impressive results won an amateur championship.
At the end of School, Gerald Jr. continued the sports career at the university, which was near the house, in the small town of Ann Arbor. And in 1935, becoming the two-time owner of the Student Cup, Ford received a bachelor's degree in economic sciences.
This was not enough to satisfy the ambitions of the native of Nebraska, and he continued his studies in Yale, where she mastered the knowledge of law and history and received a specialty lawyer and a lawyer.
During World War II, Ford passed special instructor courses and became the mentor of the younger servicemen, and then served on the fighting aircraft carrier and participated in the operation in the Mariana Islands. After settling the world's largest conflict, Gerald, who received an officer rank, awarded national awards and honors and made the captain of the reserve, translating into the American reserve.
Personal life
In the personal life of Congressman and President of the United States of America, there was a single woman, after marriage, which became Elizabeth Ford. The wedding held on October 15, 1948, on the initiative, policies were repeatedly postponed due to the fact that the chosen was a divorced dancer, and he did not know how this would perceive the voting people.Embed from getty imagesSubsequently, Jerld's spouse headed the dependency treatment center and, publishing memoirs with letters and photographs, was recognized as a prominent public figure and awarded national awards.
In a happy marriage, which lasted until the death of the ex-president, children appeared to the world, which became representatives of different industries. The younger son starred in the TV series "Young and Restless", and the daughter named Susan Elizabeth was a photographer and writer.
Politics
Returning to the native city, Ford joined the ranks of the Republican Party and during the first election campaign achieved success and got into Congress.
Embed from getty imagesOver the next 25 years, he was a deputy of the House of Representatives, and in 1973 he received the post of vice president. Replacing the policy of Spiro Agni, who started working at Richard Nickson, Gerald held a chair for 8 months. And when the head of state resigned in connection with the events of the Watergate Scandal, Ford received public support and in August 1974 became the 38th US president.
The short-term reign of the only in-place American leader was marked by a shift in foreign policy and negotiations from the USSR. Having met the Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the CPSU, who was Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, Ford decided a number of important issues and signed an act of meeting and cooperation meetings, as well as the draft ASS-2 Agreement.
Embed from getty imagesIn the domestic policy, Gerald tried to cope with the country's absorbing country and did not investigate the crimes of the predecessor. This was the reason that in the presidential election of 1976 the current head of the state lost to Democrat Jimmy Carter and left a large policy to the American Institute of Entrepreneurship.
Death
Thanks to the concerns of the devotee, Ford, who avoided two attempts, lived calmly before old age, but in the last years of a solid existence suffered from the disease - atherosclerosis. It was this medical diagnosis that caused the death of the former president that occurred on December 26, 2006. The place where the body was buried, became the city of childhood Grand Rapidos.