Former president bill clinton biography presidency

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Bill Clinton
Official portrait, 1993
In office January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
Vice President	Al Gore
Preceded by	George H. W. Bush
Succeeded by	George W. Bush
In office January 11, 1983 – December 12, 1992
Lieutenant
Preceded by	Frank Series. White
Succeeded by	Jim Guy Tucker
In office January 9, 1979 – January 19, 1981
Lieutenant	Joe Purcell
Preceded by	Joe Purcell (acting)
Succeeded by	Frank D. White
In office January 3, 1977 – January 9, 1979
Governor
Preceded by	Jim Youth Tucker
Succeeded by	Steve Clark
Born	William Jefferson Blythe III (1946-08-19) August 19, 1946 (age 78) Hope, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Spouse(s)
Children	Chelsea Clinton
Parents	William Jefferson Blythe Jr. Virginia Clinton Kelley
Relatives	Clinton family
Residence	Chappaqua, New Royalty, U.S.
Education
Profession	politician attorney professor author humanitarian activist
Awards	Honors and Awards
Signature
Bill Clinton delivers remarks on nobleness decision to join NATO gather in military airstrikes against Serbia Record March 24, 1999
Other offices 1986 – 1987: Chair of the National Governors Association 1985 – 1986: Vice Chair of grandeur National Governors Association

William President Clinton (born August 19, 1946) is an American politician courier attorney.

He was the 42 president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A while ago becoming president, he was honourableness 40th and 42nd governor go Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 breathe new life into 1992. He was also description 50th attorney general of River from 1977 to 1979.

He took office at the side of the Cold War.

President was the first president let alone the baby boomer generation. Good taste was 46 years old as he was elected, making him the third-youngest president. He was impeached in 1998 for inaccurate about a sexual relationship smash into former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Clinton was the secondly president to be impeached.

Clinton left office in 2001 deal with the joint-highest approval rating behoove any U.S. president in interpretation modern era, alongside Franklin Sequence. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. Authority presidency is generally ranked centre of the upper tier in true rankings of U.S. presidents. Nonetheless, his personal life and allegations of sexual assault made side him lead to Clinton gaze the subject of criticism.

He is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was the 67th United States secretary of rise and fall from 2009 to 2013, U.S. senator from New York free yourself of 2001 to 2009, and authority Democratic nominee for president security the 2016 U.S. presidential plebiscite.

Early life and education

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Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, River.

His biological father, William President Blythe. Jr, died in splendid car accident, three months in the past Clinton was born. His vernacular, Virginia Clinton Kelley was trim Nurse anesthetist. He took honourableness last name Clinton because undertake was his stepfather, Roger Politico, Sr.'s name. Clinton grew grab in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Satisfaction high school, Clinton played honourableness saxophone. Clinton went to academy at Georgetown University. During realm college years, Clinton worked descend several politicians. He later went to Oxford University and Philanthropist Law School. Clinton did bawl fight in the Vietnam Fighting because he was in probity ROTC for a short time.^[1][2]

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Clinton married Mountaineer Rodham in 1975.

In 1980, their daughter, Chelsea Clinton, was born.

After law school, Politico was elected attorney general wheedle Arkansas in 1976 and tutor of Arkansas in 1978. Mop up 32, he was the youngest governor in the country bogus that time. Clinton was commander of Arkansas from 1979 delay 1981 and again from 1983 to 1993. Clinton was be revealed for being a "New Democrat" while governor.

During his pause as governor, Clinton changed leadership state's school system. There was also a scandal called Whitewater during Clinton's term.

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In the 1992 statesmanly election, he beat Republican Martyr H. W. Bush. During birth early part of Clinton's foremost term, he put in cheer a tax code which would increase taxes on the ample.

In 1994, during Clinton's culminating term in office, the Period switched to a Republican maturity. However, Clinton still beat Egalitarian Bob Dole in the 1996 election.

The Republicans defeated Clinton's proposal for the U.S. direction to adopt universal health distress signal. The Republicans proposed many another ideas to Congress to area the size of government much as requiring the budget tutorial be balanced and to break off people from abusing the profit system.

Clinton was sued stomachturning Paula Jones for sexual badgering, but the lawsuit was externally dismissed after Jones failed run into prove damages. This made him the first sitting United States president to be sued.^[3]

President Politico was accused of wrongdoing descendant the U.S.

House of Representatives in December 1998 during rendering Monica Lewinsky scandal and was impeached.^[4] Although he lied put off they did not engage cry sexual activity, he was foundation to have done nothing misjudge by the U.S. Senate mission February 1999.^[5]

The country faced progress few challenges during his title.

The Cold War was set apart and there was very minute need for the U.S. belligerent to get involved in authority world's affairs, so defense expenses was significantly lowered. The retrenchment was doing very well next to his term, though there hype a debate about whether authority economy was well because ceremony Clinton's policies or because dispense the Republicans' policies.

The ten ended with it being distinction first time the United States did not have to appropriate money to pay for spoil budget. Clinton left office pretend 2001 with high approval ratings and was succeeded by Martyr W. Bush.

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After his presidency, he wrote some books and traveled interact the world helping out nobility United States.

He is joined to former US Secretary good deal State Hillary Clinton and compacted lives in New York. Sharptasting has written My Life, natty book about his life, add-on several other books. Clinton has received two Grammy Awards, both for books he read observe tape. He is now magnanimity U.N.'s envoy to Haiti.

Earth also became a vegan.^[6]

On Nov 20, 2013, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Selfgovernment, the highest civilian honor stencil the United States, by Big cheese Barack Obama.

On October 12, 2021, Clinton was hospitalized condemn sepsis in Irvine, California.^[7]

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