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Born in Houston, Texas, Baker was educated at Princeton University, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1952. He then served in the United States Marine Corps for two years as a lieutenant, after which he attended the University of Texas School of Law, where he received his J.D. in 1957. Baker became employed with the law firm Andrews & Kurth, where he remained until 1975.
Originally a Democrat, Baker switched to the Republican party and managed George H. W. Bush's unsuccessful SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the United States Congress, smaller than the U. House of Representatives. Together, they compose the legislative branch of the United States government. Seal of the Senate Each state elects two senators throu campaign in 1970.
He served as Undersecretary of Commerce under President Gerald FordGerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. born July 14, 1913) (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. renamed after adoption) was the fortieth ( 1973 1974) Vice President and the thirty-eighth ( 1974 1977) President of the United States. He remains the only individual to serve as Pr in 1975 and ran Ford's unsuccessful election campaign in 1976. Baker ran an unsuccessful race in 1978 to become State Attorney General of TexasTexas joined the United States of America as its 28th member state in 1845. It has the postal abbreviation TX . The state name derives from a word in a Caddoan language of the Hasinai, tejas meaning friends or allies Spanish explorers mistakenly applied t.
After serving as George H.W. Bush's campaign manager in the 1980 Republican primariespresidential primaries are but one step in the process of electing a President of the United States. The primary elections evolved out of the necessity for U. political parties to nominate and unite behind one candidate for the Presidency. Primary electio, Baker was named White House Chief of Staff by President Reagan in 1981. He served in that capacity until 1985. Due to Reagan's passive management style, Baker is seen as wielding a high degree of influence over the successes and failures of the first Reagan administration, particularly in domestic policy. After managing Reagan's wildly successful reelection campaign in 1984, Baker was appointed Secretary of the Treasury in January of 19851985 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January events January 1 Creation of the Internet's Domain Name System. January 17 British Telecom annouces they are going to abolish the famous red telephone boxes. January 23 A debate in the House of Lor — he "switched roles" with the former Secretary of the Treasury, Donald ReganDonald Thomas Regan ( December 21, 1918 June 10, 2003) was the 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury, from 1981 to 1985, and Chief of Staff from 1985 to 1987 in the Reagan administration, where he advocated supply-side economics and tax cuts to cre, who replaced Baker as Chief of Staff. During the Reagan administration Baker also served on the Economic Policy Council, where he was instrumental in achieving the passage of the administration's tax and budget reform legislation package in 1981.
Baker served on Reagan's National Security CouncilThe National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. Since its inception under, and remained Treasury Secretary through 1988, during which year he also served as campaign chairman for Bush's successful presidential bid.
Bush appointed Baker Secretary of State in 1989, in which position he continued to serve through 1992, being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991. From 1992 to 1993 he was named Bush's Chief of Staff. He is credited as a leading architect of the peaceful transition from communism to democracy in Europe beginning in 1989. Together with President Bush, Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Chancellor Helmut Kohl and German Foreign Minister Genscher he is one of the inspirators of German reunification.
During the Gulf War, he helped to architect the 31-nation alliance that fought alongside the United States in the first Gulf War.
In March 1997 Baker became the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara [1]. In June 2004 he resigned from this position, frustrated over the lack of progress in reaching a complete settlement acceptable to both the government of Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front.
Baker served as chief legal advisor for George W. Bush during the 2000 election campaign and oversaw the Florida recount. He is currently ( as of 2003) senior counsel to the Carlyle Group.
In late 2003 he was drafted by the President to assist in the operations of the US-led occupation of Iraq. He is also a special envoy to the president to persuade other countries to relief Iraqi debts.
On October 13 The Guardian released documents stating that the Carlyle Group on behalf of Kuwait is trying to payments from Iraq.
He and his wife, the former Susan Garrett, have eight children.
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