George Bush biography

Advertising on Neftegaz. He studied history at Yale University, in received a bachelor's degree. From the year he was military service in the aviation units of the US National Guard. In the year he graduated from Harvard Business School with a diploma of a business administration master. At the end of his studies, he worked in the oil and gas industry in Texas.

In the years he took part in the presidential election campaign of his father George Bush Sr.. In the year, Bush with a group of partners acquired the baseball team of Texas Ranges, headed its board up to a year. In the year, Bush was elected the Governor of Texas. At this post he pursued a compromise policy that combines conservative republican values ​​and liberal steps in the social sphere.

In the year, he was the first governor in the history of Texas, re -elected for a second term. The initial program of Bush was focused on issues of the country's internal policy, included tax reduction and large -scale education reform. The focus of the efforts of the new presidential administration radically shifted after the terrorist acts on September 11. Bush declared a “war against terror”, within the framework of which a military operation in Afghanistan was carried out in the year, which ended with overthrowing the Taliban regime.

The foreign policy of the United States was carried out on the basis of the new "doctrine of Bush", which implies the application of preventive strikes on the enemy and unilateral actions without the need to approve their international community. The anti -terrorism policy of the Bush administration also developed within the country, where the powers of special services and law enforcement agencies were significantly expanded.

The basis for the attack on Iraq was information about the presence of the Saddam Hussein weapons of mass destruction, which was subsequently not confirmed. The combat phase of the operation in Iraq ended on May 1 of the year, but there was no decisive success in the post -war settlement. Despite the criticism of the Iraqi policy of the administration both abroad and inside the United States, Bush was re-elected for a second term in the year, defeating John Kerry Senator John Carrie.

During the second administration of Bush, the main directions of foreign and domestic policy of the United States did not undergo significant changes. In a foreign policy, the president tried to overcome disagreements with the Western European allies of the United States that arose due to the war in Iraq. In May, Bush visited the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of Victory in Moscow.

By the end of the year, observers noted a significant decrease in the popularity of President Bush among Americans, which was mainly associated with the US policy in Iraq. Submitting to their pressure, Bush was forced to resign his most unpopular minister - the head of the Pentagon Donald Ramsfeld.

Bush officially left the presidential position on January 20, when the new, US President Obama was swore during the inauguration in Washington. George Bush is married, he is the father of two twin daughters.