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'''George Walker Bush'''{{efn|He also became commonly known as "'''Bush Junior'''," "'''Bush 43'''," and even "'''Bush the Younger'''" to distinguish him from his father, [[George H. W. Bush]], who served as the 41st U.S. president from 1989 to 1993.}} (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd [[president of the United States]] from 2001 to 2009. A member of the [[Bush family]] and | '''George Walker Bush'''{{efn|He also became commonly known as "'''Bush Junior'''," "'''Bush 43'''," and even "'''Bush the Younger'''" to distinguish him from his father, [[George H. W. Bush]], who served as the 41st U.S. president from 1989 to 1993.}} (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd [[president of the United States]] from 2001 to 2009. A member of the [[Bush family]] and Republican Party, he was the 46th [[governor of Texas]] from 1995 to 2000. | ||
The eldest son of the 41st president, [[George H. W. Bush]], he flew warplanes in the [[Texas Air National Guard]] in his twenties. After graduating from [[Harvard Business School]] in 1975, he worked in the oil industry. He later co-owned the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], of [[Major League Baseball]], before being elected governor of Texas [[1994 Texas gubernatorial election|in 1994]]. [[Governorship of George W. Bush|As governor]], Bush successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform, increased education funding, set higher standards for schools, and reformed the criminal justice system. He also helped make Texas the [[Wind power in Texas|leading producer of wind-generated electricity]] in the United States. In the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]], he won over Democratic incumbent Vice President [[Al Gore]], while [[List of United States presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote|losing the popular vote]] after a narrow and contested [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]] win, which involved a [[Bush v. Gore|Supreme Court decision]] to stop a [[2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida|recount in Florida]]. | The eldest son of the 41st president, [[George H. W. Bush]], he flew warplanes in the [[Texas Air National Guard]] in his twenties. After graduating from [[Harvard Business School]] in 1975, he worked in the oil industry. He later co-owned the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], of [[Major League Baseball]], before being elected governor of Texas [[1994 Texas gubernatorial election|in 1994]]. [[Governorship of George W. Bush|As governor]], Bush successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform, increased education funding, set higher standards for schools, and reformed the criminal justice system. He also helped make Texas the [[Wind power in Texas|leading producer of wind-generated electricity]] in the United States. In the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]], he won over Democratic incumbent Vice President [[Al Gore]], while [[List of United States presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote|losing the popular vote]] after a narrow and contested [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]] win, which involved a [[Bush v. Gore|Supreme Court decision]] to stop a [[2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida|recount in Florida]]. | ||