George Herbert Walker Bush[a] (June 12, 1924 â€" November 30, 2018)
was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as
the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. A member of
the Republican Party, Bush also served as the 43rd vice president from
1981 to 1989, in the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Ambassador
to the United Nations, and as Director of Central Intelligence.Bush
was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut and attended Phillips Academy
before serving in the navy during World War II. After the war, he
graduated from Yale and moved to West Texas, where he established a
successful oil company. After an unsuccessful run for the United
States Senate, he won election to the 7th congressional district of
Texas in 1966. President Richard Nixon appointed Bush to the position
of Ambassador to the United Nations in 1971 and to the position of
chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1973. In 1974,
President Gerald Ford appointed him as the Chief of the Liaison Office
to the People's Republic of China, and in 1976 Bush became the
Director of Central Intelligence. Bush ran for president in 1980, but
was defeated in the Republican presidential primaries by Ronald
Reagan. He was then elected vice president in 1980 and 1984 as
Reagan's running mate.In the 1988 presidential election, Bush defeated
Democrat Michael Dukakis, becoming the first incumbent vice president
to be elected president since Martin Van Buren in 1836. Foreign policy
drove the Bush presidency, as he navigated the final years of the Cold
War and played a key role in the reunification of Germany. Bush
presided over the invasion of Panama and the Gulf War, ending the
Iraqi occupation of Kuwait in the latter conflict. Though the
agreement was not ratified until after he left office, Bush negotiated
and signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which
created a trade bloc consisting of the United States, Canada, and
Mexico. Domestically, Bush reneged on a 1988 campaign promise by
signing a bill that increased taxes and helped reduce the federal
budget deficit. He also signed the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 and appointed David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme
Court. Bush lost the 1992 presidential election to Democrat Bill
Clinton following an economic recession and the decreased emphasis of
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