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Bill Clinton

19 August 1946 – present

Bill Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001, after twelve years as Governor of Arkansas. His presidency saw the North American Free Trade Agreement, welfare reform and federal budget surpluses, and in 1998 he was impeached by the House of Representatives and acquitted by the Senate.

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Born in Hope, Arkansas
19 August 1946

Born William Jefferson Blythe III, three months after his father died in a car accident; he later took the surname of his stepfather, Roger Clinton.

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Entered Georgetown University
1964 – 1968

Studied at the School of Foreign Service in Washington, graduating in 1968, and worked as an intern for Senator J. William Fulbright.

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Studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar
1968 – 1970

Attended University College, Oxford, without completing a degree there.

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Earned a law degree from Yale Law School
1973

Graduated with a Juris Doctor and returned to Arkansas to teach law at the University of Arkansas.

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Married Hillary Rodham
11 October 1975

Married in Fayetteville, Arkansas; their daughter Chelsea was born in 1980.

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First took office as Governor of Arkansas
1979 – 1992

Elected governor in 1978 at the age of 32; defeated in 1980, he regained the office in 1982 and held it until 1992.

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Elected President of the United States
3 November 1992

Defeated the incumbent George H. W. Bush and the independent candidate Ross Perot.

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Served as the 42nd President of the United States
20 January 1993 – 20 January 2001

Held office for two terms, during which NAFTA and welfare reform were enacted and the federal budget moved into surplus.

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Impeached by the House of Representatives
19 December 1998

Charged with perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with the Lewinsky investigation; the Senate acquitted him on both articles in February 1999.

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Began post-presidential work through the Clinton Foundation
2001

Devoted his years after leaving office to the foundation's public health, climate and development programmes and to writing and speaking.

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