Text/ Xi Yang
According to a number of media reports, on Friday night, us time, george herbert Walker Bush, the 51st president of the United States, died in Houston at the age of 94.
Swore in as president with the Capitol on January 20, 1989 (Source: Associated Press)
His son, former President George W. Bush, announced late Friday: "Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro, and I regret to announce that after 94 years of glory, our dear father has passed away." He was a man of great character and a good father who cared for his son and daughter, and our whole family was very grateful to the father, but also to those who cared about the father. ”
George W. Bush jr. and Bush Sr. (Source: George H.W. Bush) on April 20, 2017
Current U.S. President Donald Trump, who is attending the G20 summit in Argentina, issued a statement of condolence on behalf of himself and First Lady Melania.
"I join Melania and the grieving nation in the struggle to avenge the loss of former President George W. Bush. H· W. Bush expressed his condolences. ”
Born on June 12, 1924 in MassaChusse, Bush Sr. enlisted in the army immediately after his 18th birthday, and within a year he received the Distinguished Pilot Medal as the Navy's youngest pilot and made several contributions in World War II.
After the end of World War II in 1945, she married Barbara Pierce and had 6 children, one of whom died of illness at the age of three, and the former First Lady of the United States, Barbara, died in April this year.
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In 1988, he defeated democratic presidential candidate Dukakis in the 1988 presidential election and was elected the 51st president of the United States.
During his presidency, the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War, and the fundamental changes in the world pattern, he put forward the idea of a new world order.
Bush Sr. bush is best known for his political achievements during the Gulf War, when he was the leader of the "Desert Storm" military operation, opposing Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and winning the Gulf War.
On February 11, 1991, Bush Sr. met with top military advisers at the White House to discuss the Persian Gulf War (Source: Associated Press)
In 2009, overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese in the Houston area of the United States awarded the elder Bush and his wife the "Outstanding Friends of China Award" in recognition of their outstanding contributions to promoting Sino-US relations.