In Photos: The Life of George HW Bush

A 1989 portrait of the Bush family in the White House.

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Bush and his Soviet counterpart, Mikhail Gorbachev, hold a press conference in Moscow after a two-day US-Soviet summit dedicated to the disarmament on 31 July 1991.

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Bush eats with troops in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield, in the build-up of troops before the Gulf war, in November 1991.

Photograph: Corbis

Bush gives a speech during the last days of his re-election campaign in 1992. He was defeated by Bill Clinton.

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The political dynasty of George Sr, George Jr and Jeb in 2001.

Photograph: Reuters

President George W Bush (C) welcomes (from L to R) his father, president-elect Barack Obama, and former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter to the Oval Office on 7 January 2009.

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