James Baker

James Baker III

James Addison Baker III (* 28. April 1930 in Houston, Texas) is an US-American politician and diplomat. He was a minister of foreign affairs of the United States under president George H. W. Bush.

1 study and work as a lawyer
2 Political ascent
3 minister of foreign affairs under George Bush
4 activity since 1992
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study and work as a lawyer

Baker studied law, first at the University of Princeton. From 1952 to 1954 it served as a lieutenant in US navy Corps, afterwards studiedit further at the university of Texas in Austin, where it 1957 to the Dr. jur. attained a doctorate. Until 1975 he worked then in a law office.

Besides it began a political career. It was first member of the democrats, changed then however to the republicans. 1970 it already led a unsuccessful election campaign of George Bush.

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political ascent

starting from 1975 he worked in the Ministry of Trade in the government of president Gerald Ford and was 1976 leaders of its election campaign. 1980 it led an election campaign for George Bush again,indeed in the preselections against the republican competitor Ronald Reagan. Reagan won both these preselections and the US president shank choice 1980. George Bush became vice-president, and Baker was appointed 1981 from Reagan to the chief of staff of the white house. It kept this post until 1985, as itin Reagans's second cabinet a Minister of Finance became.

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ministers of foreign affairs under George Bush

with the US president shank choice 1988 it led again the election campaign of George Bush, which was this time successful. Baker was appointed from Bush to the minister of foreign affairs. It took 1990 also at „the two-plus four-negotiations “part, where it appeared as strong advocates of the German unit. The support of the USA is considered as an important cause for their success.

In the second Gulf War of 1991 it forged the alliance for the release of Kuwait under mandate of the United Nations.

For its earnings/services it became 1991with the Presidential Medal OF Freedom excellently.

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activity since 1992

to 23. August 1992 withdrew Baker as a minister of foreign affairs and became again chief of staff in the white house. After the defeat of Bush against Bill Clinton with the US president shank choice 1992 Baker worked again as a lawyer.

1997 he was appointed the UN-special envoy for the west seeing era conflict. 2004 he withdrew himself from this post, because had not succeeded, an agreement between that Morocco, which annektiert the country, and which POLISARIO, itself as agency „of the democratic Arab republicSeeing era “sees to reach.

With the election campaign of George Walker Bush in the year 2000 was Baker legal adviser of the republican campaign and supervised for the republicans the second counting in Florida.

Since December 2003 is James Baker of Iraq envoys of the US Government. He negotiates among other things alsoother states to issue to the Iraq debts.

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NAME	Baker, James
ALTERNATIVE NAME
SHORT DESCRIPTION	of US-American politicians
DATE OF BIRTH	28. April 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Houston, Texas
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James Baker

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study and work as a lawyer

political ascent

ministers of foreign affairs under George Bush

activity since 1992

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