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'''George Walker Bush''' (born [[July 6]], [[1946]]) is the 43rd [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He is the son of former President [[George H. W. Bush]], and the brother of [[Jeb Bush]], the [[List of Governors of Florida|Governor]] of [[Florida]].
Before entering politics, Bush was a [[businessman]] involved in the [[oil industry]] and then in [[professional sports]]. In [[1994]] he was elected the 46th [[Governor of Texas|Governor]] of [[Texas]], and was re-elected in [[1998]]. He won the nomination of the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] in the [[U.S. presidential election, 2000|2000 presidential election]]. Bush became [[President_of_the_United_States|President]] by defeating [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Al Gore]] of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], losing the popular vote but winning the electoral vote in a [[U.S. presidential election, 2000#Florida election results|controversial and close]] [[U.S. presidential election, 2000|election]]. He was [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|re-elected]] in 2004, defeating [[United States Senator|U.S. Senator]] [[John Kerry]] of [[Massachusetts]]. ==Personal life, service and education==
George W. Bush, son of [[George H.W. Bush]] and [[Barbara Bush]], was born in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]]. He grew up in [[Midland, Texas|Midland]] and [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], with his siblings [[Jeb Bush|Jeb]], [[Neil Bush|Neil]], [[Marvin Bush|Marvin]], and [[Dorothy Bush|Dorothy]]. A younger sister, Robin, died of [[leukemia]] in [[1953]] at the age of three. The family spent the summers and most holidays at the sprawling estate known as the [[Bush Compound]].
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