历届美国总统简介:威廉·杰斐逊·克林顿(在线收听) |
威廉·杰斐逊·克林顿,美国律师、政治家,美国民主党成员,曾任阿肯色州州长、全美州长联席会议主席、联合国海地事务特使、克林顿基金会主席、第42任(第52届)美国总统。[1]
1976年,克林顿出任阿肯色州司法部长。1978年至1980年任阿肯色州州长,1982年至1992年又连续5次担任州长。克林顿任州长期间,在推动州教育改革和实施经济发展计划方面取得成就,被选为美国南部经济发展政策委员会主席,兼任全美州长联席会议主席,并曾协助总统主持国家最高教育当局的工作。1990年,克林顿被选为民主党最高委员会主席。1992年竞选成功美国总统,1996年,连任成功。[2]
2013年11月20日,美国总统奥巴马在白宫向前总统克林顿等一批美国人颁发了总统自由勋章。[3]
克林顿是美国第一位出生于第二次世界大战之后的总统、第三位遭受国会弹劾动议的总统,也是仅次于西奥多·罗斯福和约翰·肯尼迪之后的最年轻的美国总统,以及富兰克林·罗斯福之后连任成功的第一位民主党总统。
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was born in 1946 in Hope, Arkansas three months after his father died in a traffic accident. His surname at birth was Blythe. His mother remarried and he took his stepfather’s name. Clinton excelled as a student and as a saxophone player and once considered becoming a professional musician. While in high school, he met President John Kennedy and decided to enter politics.
Clinton graduated from Georgetown University and England’s Oxford University. He received a law degree from Yale University in 1973, and entered politics in Arkansas. In 1975, he married future Secretary of State Hillary Rodham. Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, and won the governorship in 1978. He ran for President and defeated George H.W. Bush in the 1992 election.
Clinton and his Vice President Al Gore represented a new, young generation in American political leadership. For the first time in 12 years both the White House and Congress were held by the same party. He passed the North American Free Trade Agreement. He also implemented the “Don't ask, don't tell” policy aimed at recruiting soldiers into the military regardless of their sexual orientation.
Clinton was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. Unemployment was at its lowest rate in modern times, and inflation the lowest in 30 years. Home ownership was the highest in the country's history and crime rates were dropping. Despite almost facing impeachment as a result of personal indiscretions with a young White House intern, his popularity remained very high.
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