George Walker Bush was born on July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut. His father is George Herbert Walker Bush (41^st President of the United States) and his mother is Barbara Pierce Bush. He is a graduate of both Yale University and Harvard Business School. He was inaugurated as our 43^rd President on January 20, 2001 and is currently serving in office.

     “W” (Dubya) was a businessman. He has worked in the oil business and as an executive of the Texas Rangers baseball team. Mr. Bush also worked on his father’s 1988 campaign for President. In 1995, he was elected Governor of Texas. Four years later, for the first time in Texas history, Mr. Bush was elected to a second consecutive four-year term of office. During his second term, Governor Bush was nominated by the Republican Party to run as their Presidential candidate in 2000. After a hotly contested election battle against Bill Clinton’s Vice-President, Albert Gore, Jr., George W. Bush was finally declared the winner.

     On September 11, 2001 Islamic Terrorists attacked the United States. Thousands of innocent Americans lost their lives. President Bush, in an address to Congress, declared a worldwide war against terrorism. He and his Vice-President, Richard Cheney, continue to lead the United States toward absolute victory.

     President George W. Bush married schoolteacher Laura Welch in 1977. They have twin daughters: Barbara and Jenna.