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George H.W. Bush
president of United States
Also known as: George Herbert Walker Bush
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History & Society
- In full:
- George Herbert Walker Bush
- Born:
- June 12, 1924, Milton, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Political Affiliation:
- Republican Party
- Notable Family Members:
- spouse Barbara Bush
- father Prescott S. Bush
- son George W. Bush
- son Jeb Bush
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George H.W. Bush (born June 12, 1924, Milton, Massachusetts, U.S.—died November 30, 2018, Houston, Texas) was a politician and businessman who was vice president of the United States (1981–89) and the 41st president of the United States (1989–93). As president, Bush assembled a multinational force to compel the withdrawal of Iraq from Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War. Bush was the son of Prescott Sheldon Bush, an investment banker and U.S. senator from Connecticut, and Dorothy Walker Bush, scion of a prominent St. Louis, Missouri, family. (Her father established the amateur golf competition known as the Walker Cup.) The young ...(100 of 1721 words)