George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...

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from

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

, was elected

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on December 12, 2000 (following the

U.S. Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...

decision in ''

Bush v. Gore ''Bush v. Gore'', 531 U.S. 98 (2000), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court on December 12, 2000, that settled a recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. On December 8, th ...

'') and was

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as the nation's 43rd president on January 20, 2001. Re-elected on November 2, 2004, his second inauguration was on January 20, 2005, and his presidency ended on January 20, 2009, with the inauguration of Barack Obama. The following articles cover the

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of Bush's presidency, and the time leading up to it: * Pre-presidency: 1999–2001 **

George W. Bush 2000 presidential campaign The 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush, then governor of Texas, was formally launched on June 14, 1999 as Governor Bush, the eldest son of former President George H. W. Bush, announced his intention to seek the Republican Party n ...

Presidential transition of George W. Bush The presidential transition of George W. Bush took place following the 2000 United States presidential election. It started after Bush was declared the victor of the election on December 12, 2000, when the '' Bush v. Gore'' decision by the S ...

* Presidency: 2001–2009 ** Timeline of the George W. Bush presidency (2001) ** Timeline of the George W. Bush presidency (2002) ** Timeline of the George W. Bush presidency (2003) ** Timeline of the George W. Bush presidency (2004) ** Timeline of the George W. Bush presidency (2005) ** Timeline of the George W. Bush presidency (2006) ** Timeline of the George W. Bush presidency (2007) ** Timeline of the George W. Bush presidency (2008–2009)

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