Al Gore
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Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.
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| In office 20 January 1993 – 20 January 2001 |
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| President | William Jefferson Clinton |
| Preceded by | James Danforth Quayle |
| Succeeded by | Richard Bruce Cheney |
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| Born | 31 March 1948 Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Gore |
| Religion | Baptist |
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948 in Washington, D.C.) is a former American politician. Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
His father, Albert Gore, Sr. was a Senator for Tennessee. Gore was brought up in both Washington and Tennessee.
Gore was a Representative from 1977 to 1985 and a Senator from 1985 to 1993. In 1988 he ran for President for first time, but lost to Michael Dukakis in the Democratic primary. In 1993, he became Vice President to Bill Clinton. He ran for President in 2000, but lost to George W. Bush (many people still argue this). Even though he lost the race, Gore won in the popular vote by over 500,000 votes.
Gore is now a businessman, and runs and works for several companies, including Generation Investment Management, Google, Apple Computers, and TV channel Current.
He is also a fighter for issues involving the environment. He released a movie in 2006 about global warming and climate change called An Inconvenient Truth, which was based on a slide show he had given to millions of people. In 2007, Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize which he shared with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.[1]
He currently lives in Nashville and was married to Tipper for 40 years. In June 2010, they filed for divorce.[2] The Gores have 4 children and 2 grandchildren.
[change] References
- ↑ The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007
- ↑ Goldman, Russell (June 1, 2010). "Al, Tipper Gore Shock Friends With Divorce Announcement". ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/al-tipper-gore-shock-friends-divorce-announcement/story?id=10800639#.Tr1CsvHsk7A. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
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