Introduce the life course of US President Bill Clinton.

English full name: William Jefferson Clinton

Chinese transliteration: william jefferson clinton (translated by Taiwan Province as Clinton)

In English, people named William are usually nicknamed Bill, so he can also be called Bill Clinton.

Birthday: August 19th, 1946

Birthplace: Hope, Arkansas, USA

American lawyer, politician, member of the Democratic Party of the United States, served as the governor of Arkansas (1979-1981, 1983-1992) and the 42nd President of the United States (1993-21).

He served as the 42nd President of the United States for eight years (from January 2th, 1993 to January 2th, 21). Together with his deputy, Albert Gore, he defeated George H.W. Bush who was running for re-election in 1992 and was re-elected in 1996 by overwhelming victory over * * * and Party Senator Bob Toure. By the time he left office in 21, he was one of the presidents who received the most public recognition in history.

He is the first American president born after World War II, the third president who was impeached by Congress, the youngest American president after theodore roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, and the only Democratic president who was re-elected after franklin roosevelt.

He is called the New Democracy Party, and his ruling philosophy is also attributed to the third way. Under his administration, the United States experienced the longest economic development in peacetime in history, achieving a fiscal balance and a surplus of $559 billion. During his presidency, he also encountered many challenges. Due to the failure of his health care plan reform and other policies, * * * and the Party gained control of the House of Representatives for the first time after 4 years. During his second term, he was impeached by the House of Representatives for perjury and obstruction of justice, but was eventually rejected by the Senate and completed his term.

He ended his term with 65% of the public opinion support rate, setting a record for the highest support rate of the US president after World War II. Since then, he has been conducting public lectures and humanitarian work, and established the William J. Clinton Fund, which is dedicated to the prevention of international problems such as AIDS and global warming. In 24, the autobiographical novel My Life was published.

madam: Hillary Clinton is a well-known American lawyer, and now she is the US Secretary of State.

daughter: Chelsea Victoria Clinton.

Early life

Clinton was born in Hope, Arkansas, and then grew up in Hot Springs. Clinton's real name is William? Jefferson? William Jefferson Blythe IV, whose father William Jefferson Blyth Jr. was a salesman, died in a car accident three months before Bill was born. After Bill was born, his mother, Virginia Del Cassidy, went to New Orleans to study nursing alone, leaving Bill with her grandparents who owned a grocery store. At that time, the southern United States was still in a state of apartheid, but Bill's grandfather broke social conventions and allowed people of all races to shop on credit. In 195, Bill's mother returned to Hope after graduating from nursing school, and soon married Roger Clinton, a car dealer in Hot Springs. Since then, Bill has lived in Hot Springs with his mother and stepfather. Clinton was raised by his mother and his stepfather. At the age of 15, he officially changed his surname to "Clinton". Clinton grew up in a violent family, and her stepfather was an alcoholic and gambler, who often abused Clinton's mother and his half-brother Roger Jr. (born in 1956).

Clinton got excellent grades in school and was a good saxophone player. He once wanted to be a professional musician. In high school, he went to the White House as a national student representative to meet with then US President John F.? Meet Kennedy. This trip to the White House made him determined to become a civil servant.

Clinton, who was born in poverty, got a degree in international relations from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Affairs, and then got a Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford University in England. In 1973, she got a law degree from Yale Law School. He met Hillary at Yale, and they got married in 1975. They have a daughter Chelsea (born in 198).

Early political career

After teaching law at the University of Arkansas for several years, Clinton was elected attorney general of Arkansas in 1976 and first elected governor of the state in 1978, when he was also the youngest governor in the United States. His first term as governor was spent in a difficult time, faced with many difficulties, and faced with very strong opposition to various reforms. Including the unpopular motor vehicle tax and the successful escape of some Cuban refugees awaiting screening in 198. On the issue of setting up refugee camps, President Carter of the Democratic Party refused Clinton's proposal and insisted on setting up refugee camps in Arkansas, which attracted voters' resentment and the popularity of the Democratic Party in the state plummeted.

Besides, Hillary Clinton's wife? Rodham's refusal to change her husband's surname as the governor's wife also caused a lot of controversy in the conservative Arkansas. The educational reform presided over by the state people was scolded as the most vicious woman. In 198, Clinton was re-elected after his first term expired, and was defeated by * * * and Republican Frank? Dward? Frank Durward White replaced it. White advocates the immediate abolition of motor vehicle tax and Clinton's reform.

After stepping down, Clinton reflected on his failure in political career. He established new relationships with powerful business interest groups and repaired relationships with state government departments. Hillary also agreed to use Clinton as her surname and reinvent herself as the wife of a more traditional politician in public. At the same time, as a lawyer, she secretly established her own political power within the permitted scope. At the same time, White, the new governor, made the usual tactics of * * * and the party rulers, adding the staff of the power company to the Committee that decides whether to increase the price of the power company, and passing a law that stipulates that evolution should be taught in class at the same time, and creativity (traditional * * * and the party insists that human beings are created by God) should be given to the same class. Moreover, the cancellation of Clinton's facilities beneficial to the people attracted the dissatisfaction of the state people.

In p>1982, Clinton announced that he would run for governor again, and was finally re-elected as governor, and he continued to be in power for 1 years until he ran for president in 1992.

Clinton's kindness to business groups made * * * and the party impeccable, but many transactions during his administration triggered the later Whitewater investigation, which affected his reputation in the latter part of his presidency.

[ Edit this paragraph] The first cry of the presidency

During his tenure as governor of Arkansas, Clinton has been regarded as a rising star in the Democratic Party, and all parties believe that he will definitely run for president one day. He first stepped into the national political arena in 1988 at the Democratic National Convention, and was invited to give a speech introducing the Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis. The original 15-minute speech later became a notoriously boring conversation for an hour and a half.

The campaign process

Despite the first blow, Clinton decided to take part in the 1992 presidential election, challenging * * * and Party President George H.W. Bush, who was seeking re-election. Bush, who had just experienced the Gulf War at that time, seemed certain to be re-elected, while several other opponents in the Democratic Party, especially New York Governor Mario? Mario Cuomo is also eager to try, and Clinton has little chance of being elected.

However, things have developed unexpectedly. The popularity of George H.W. Bush after the war has made many heavyweight warriors of the Democratic Party, including Guo Mo, retreat. In the absence of generals in Shu, prestigious but junior competitors have a chance. Although Clinton lost the first New Hampshire primary in the country to Massachusetts Senator John Zongus, he came from behind and won the Democratic nomination.

On July 9, 1992, Clinton, who won the primary election in her party, chose Senator Albert? Gore as his running mate. At first, many people criticized this choice as unwise, because Gore came from Tennessee, which borders Arkansas, and both States are in the south, which violated the traditional election strategy that the presidential and vice presidential candidates came from different regions. But in retrospect, many people think that Gore was also one of the key factors in Clinton's victory in the 1992 election, because their youthful qualities gave voters a fresh impression.

Clinton finally won the election in 1992, mainly because his campaign strategy focused on domestic issues, especially the American economy, which was in a trough at that time. His campaign headquarters once posted a very famous slogan: "Idiot, the problem is the economy!" （"It's the economy, stupid! "）。

Clinton's opponents mainly attacked his personality defects, including his evasion of military service during the Vietnam War, the problem of smoking marijuana, the scandal of women and several questionable business transactions. Although these accusations did not prevent Clinton from being elected president, they caused an anti-Clinton wave among conservatives.

In the early days of taking office

As soon as Clinton took office, he tried to transform society in a drastic way according to liberal ideals. He raised taxes, launched various government plans, tried to make homosexuality public in the military, and tried to reform the medical and health insurance system in the United States, which caused a rebound.

The military's presidential decree on openly homosexuality was strongly opposed by the military, and it was not easy to implement it. Finally, it ended with a compromise plan of "Don't ask, don't tell". Luxury tax was originally intended to tax the rich, but it backfired, resulting in a decline in sales of high-priced goods such as furs and yachts, which hurt the income of middle-class salesmen.

The most serious consequence is the attempt to reform the medical and health insurance system. The goal of medical and health insurance reform is to make all people enjoy health insurance and medical services, which is lofty, but it is very difficult to achieve this goal.

From the practice results of other countries and regions, even its feasibility is still controversial, let alone the reform methods. For example, Canada's national health insurance system emphasizes price control. As a result, there is almost no research and development of new drugs in Canada's medical community, and the most advanced medical technology cannot be obtained in Canada. Canadians who can afford it must go south to the United States to seek medical services. A few years ago, Taiwan Province also started universal health insurance. In just a few years, problems have emerged: people enjoy medical services without restraint, and hospitals exploit loopholes in the payment system for their own benefit, resulting in a growing financial gap in the system, and the whole universal health insurance system is heading for bankruptcy.

Clinton appointed his wife Hillary Clinton, who is also politically ambitious, to lead a committee to plan health care reform. At that time, the Democratic Party was in control of the House and Senate and the White House, and theoretically had the opportunity to pass any bill that the Democratic Party was willing to pass. However, the Committee led by Hillary Clinton did not consult the outside world, including other Democrats, but only worked out a set of reform plans behind closed doors. As a result, the health care reform involved intertwined interests and losses. The health care reform bill finally put forward by the Committee did not even support the members of the Democratic Party. Not only did the whole reform plan fail completely, but the social rebound it triggered led to the Democratic Party's disastrous defeat in the mid-term election in 1994 and the loss of control of the Senate and the House of Representatives. * * * and Newt Gingrich became the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The p>1996 presidential election

After the chaos in the early days of taking office and the defeat in the 1994 election, the Clinton administration decided to return to the middle line. Clinton hired * * * and party adviser David? As a consultant, Pueraria hired both * * * and Dick, the party election strategist. Morris. Morris formulated a "triangulation strategy" for Clinton, that is, the White House took a position between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party in Congress and kept an equal distance from the members of both parties. This strategy proved to be very effective. With the coming of the 1996 general election, Clinton gradually regained her reputation as a centrist, political stability and economic growth resumed, and Americans were generally satisfied with their lives. Clinton gained the upper hand all the way in the re-election campaign.

On the other hand, in terms of * * * and the Party, the nomination was won by veteran Kansas Senator Rob? Toure The old Toure is not only at a disadvantage in age, but he can't put forward an issue that can attract voters. Toure hastily put forward the political view of 17% flat tax rate, which is rash and voters are skeptical about this policy without serious argumentation. Seeing that the general trend was about to go, Toure took a gamble and resigned as a senator and Senate majority leader. This strategy briefly boosted the morale of * * * and the party, but failed to save the tide from falling. Clinton won re-election with 37 to 168 electoral votes.

There have been frequent scandals during his tenure

During Clinton's administration, political scandals broke out one after another, including: Travel Gate Incident: In order to install Hillary's staff, Clinton fired Billy, the director of the White House Travel Office, as soon as he took office. Dell and six other employees. When the outside world raised doubts, the White House ordered the FBI to investigate Dell and accused him of stealing public funds, trying to provide a reasonable excuse for dismissal. After two years of litigation, the jury only discussed for two hours and then acquitted Dell. Memo documents show that the Clintons' Hollywood friend Harry? Thompson wants to take over the travel business of the White House. Baishui case: The incident was caused by a land development case called Baishui that the Clintons participated in. The case involved illegal activities such as tax evasion and interest transfer. During the initial investigation, the related person Wins? Foster committed suicide again, which led to the intervention of the Ministry of Justice. In the end, the investigation of Baishui case found no evidence of the Clintons' violation of the law, but it led to a series of extra-case cases, which led to the conviction of 15 people, including the Clintons' business partner McDougall and lawyer colleague Webster? Hubble, and Jim Clinton's lieutenant governor? Tucker. Foster's suicide: after the outbreak of the whitewater case, the inspection unit launched an investigation, and the related person Wins? Foster committed suicide. Due to the sensitive timing, whether Foster's death is suicide or homicide remains controversial. Bill Gate Incident: In 1994, the prosecutor asked for the lawyer's bill records of Hillary Clinton's employment in Rose Law Firm, and many files were the only ones missing. Hillary claimed not to know, but two years later, the documents appeared in a small room next to Hillary's office in the White House. After investigation, Hillary's fingerprint and memo written by White House legal adviser Foster were found on the file. Futures Gate Incident: Hillary was revealed to have traded live cattle futures in 198, and the investment of 1, yuan was fried to 1, yuan in a few months. Investment experts believe that it is impossible for experts to have such a transaction result without the money specially sent by others. File Gate Incident: The Clinton administration has read more than 9 FBI files of * * * and senior party members. After the incident was exposed, the White House declared that it was an careless mistake. According to Dick Clinton, then a counselor of Clinton, who later broke with Clinton? Morris broke the news, it was in