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'''George Walker Bush''' (born [[July 6]], [[1946]]) is an [[Politics of the United States|American politician]] and the 43rd and current [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]]. Bush is a member of the [[Bush political family]], the son of former President [[George H.W. Bush]] and the brother of [[Jeb Bush]], the Governor of [[Florida]].
 
Before becoming president, he was a [[businessman]], involved in the oil industry. He later was elected Governor of [[Texas]], and won the nomination of the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] in the [[U.S. presidential election, 2000|2000 presidential election]] over [[John McCain]]. Bush later went on to become president after defeating [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Al Gore]] of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]] in a [[U.S. presidential election, 2000#Florida election results|controversialcontroversially close]] and [[U.S. presidential election, 2000|extremely close election]]. Bush was [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|reelected]] in 2004, defeating [[United States Senator|Senator]] [[John Kerry]] of [[Massachusetts]] by 2.45 percent of the popular vote. After Kerry conceded, [[2004_U.S._presidential_election_controversy_and_irregularities|election irregularities]] were discovered in [[Ohio]] and other states.
 
==Personal life, service and education==