27 photographs of Bill Clinton before he became President of the United States

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

At the age of 46, Bill Clinton became the 42nd President of the United States. Eight years of ruling the country had both positive and negative results for the country. Before reaching the country's political elite, Clinton worked for a long time in the political and administrative sphere, in general, living an ordinary life. In our today's roundup of photographs of Bill Clinton before he took over his home country.

William Jefferson Clinton (William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton) was born on August 19, 1946 in Arkansas. It is true that he received his surname Clinton only 15 years old - before that he bore the surname of his father Blythe, who died when the boy was only 4 years old. Basically, little Bill spent his childhood with his grandparents - they kept a grocery store, and served not only white, but also "colored" clients, which often caused conflicts with other residents of the city. However, it is believed that this became the basis for an understanding of racial equality, which later became one of the fundamental principles of Clinton's policy.

Bill's stepfather was an alcoholic, so Bill did not have to wait for money to study. Bill worked and studied, and even received an increased scholarship due to his academic success. He graduated from college in Oxford, entered the University at Yell, where he met his future wife Hillary. Together, after the wedding, they taught for some time at this university.

At 32, Bill Clinton became the youngest governor of the state (his native Arkansas) in the history of the country. Clinton was at the helm of the state for 11 years, and during this time he managed to fundamentally change the educational system (it became available to all residents of the state, regardless of income and color), and he also helped the state to significantly increase income.

In 1993, Bill Clinton was inaugurated as President. Without experience in big politics, Clinton faced setbacks more than once: a peacekeeping mission in Somalia, which eventually became involved in hostilities; health care reform has completely failed to justify itself; problems with team building. However, at the same time, the US economy was growing at an impressive pace, the high-tech sector expanded greatly, and unemployment was minimal.

Last year, it became clear that Hillary Clinton became an order of magnitude more famous and influential than her husband - she took second place in list of the most powerful women in the world for 2015 according to Forbes magazine.