Bush, who served as the 41st president of the United States between 1989 and 1993, is remembered for the end of the Cold War and the years of the First Iraq War against Saddam Hussein.
Bush was elected President of the United States after serving as Ronald Reagan's vice president for two terms, becoming the first person to become president since 1836.
After Republican Bush came to power with the promise that he would not introduce new taxes, he lost votes because he increased some taxes and was defeated by Democratic candidate Bill Clinton in the 1992 election.
George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 – 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, he also served as the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989 under Ronald Reagan, and in various other federal positions prior to that.
Political career
1966: Elected to the House of Representatives
1971: Appointed UN Ambassador by Nixon
1974: Became head of newly established mission in Beijing
1976: Appointed CIA Director by Ford
1981-89: Ronald Reagan's vice president
1989-93: President of the United States
Bush, who voluntarily joined the army after Pearl Harbor, entered the aviation unit and became one of the youngest fighter pilots in the USA at the age of 18.
The fighter plane he flew during World War II was shot down into the sea by the Japanese, and he was luckily rescued by a submarine that surfaced right next to him.
Bush, who left the army after the war, married 18-year-old Barbara Pierce, and the couple had six children from their 73-year marriage. Five of these children are still alive today. Bush has 17 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, and two siblings.
Details from his life story
George Herbert Walker Bush; was born on June 12, 1924, in the town of Milton, Massachusetts. His father is Prescott Sheldon Bush and his mother is Dorothy Walker Bush.
Bush's father also served as a senator in the United States Senate. He began his political life in 1967 as a member of the US House of Representatives from Texas. In 1971, he served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
He became director general of the CIA in 1976. In 1981, he was elected Vice President alongside President Ronald Reagan. He participated in the 1988 general elections as a candidate of the Republican Party. He was elected as the 41st president of the United States, defeating the Democratic Party's candidate, Greek-born Michael Dukakis.
After serving as president for 4 years, he ended his political life by losing the election to the Democratic Party candidate Bill Clinton in the 1992 elections.
Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev reached an agreement at the fourth summit meeting, and the nuclear weapons and Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) was signed in July 1991.
The most important event of George Bush's presidency was Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, in response, George Bush intervened in Kuwait with the support he received from many European and Middle Eastern countries and forced the Iraqi army out of Kuwait.
After this war, known as the 1990-1991 Gulf War, an embargo was imposed on Iraq for 12 years and Iraqi planes were restricted from flying in the airspace in the northern region of Iraq.