Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975 after a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader.
Ronald Reagan's tenure as the 40th president of the United States lasted from his first inauguration on January 20,1981,until January 20,1989. Reagan,a Republican from California,took office following a landslide victory over Democratic incumbent President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election. Four years later,in the 1984 election,he defeated Democrat Walter Mondale to win re-election in a larger landslide. Reagan was succeeded by his vice president,George H. W. Bush,who won the 1988 presidential election with Reagan's support. Reagan's 1980 election resulted from a dramatic conservative shift to the right in American politics,including a loss of confidence in liberal,New Deal,and Great Society programs and priorities that had dominated the national agenda since the 1930s.
The White House communications director or White House director of communications,also known officially as Assistant to the President for Communications,is part of the senior staff of the president of the United States. The officeholder is responsible for developing and promoting the agenda of the president and leading its media campaign.
Richard Bernard Stone was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Florida from 1975 to 1980 and later served as Ambassador at Large to Central America and Ambassador to Denmark.
The United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury,in the United States government,advises and assists the Secretary of the Treasury in the supervision and direction of the Department of the Treasury and its activities,and succeeds the Secretary in the secretary's absence,sickness,or unavailability. The Deputy Secretary plays a primary role in the formulation and execution of Treasury policies and programs in all aspects of the Department's activities. In addition,the Deputy Secretary is the only official other than the secretary who can sign a Treasury order,which is a document that delegates authority residing in the secretary or Deputy Secretary to another Treasury official,establishes Treasury policy,and establishes the reporting relationships and supervision of officials. Former Deputy Secretaries include Roger Altman,Lawrence Summers,Stuart E. Eizenstat,Kenneth W. Dam,and Samuel Bodman.
Thomas J. Healey is an American businessman and educator. He was a partner at Goldman,Sachs &Co.,and is Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He served in the 1980s as Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury and in the 1990s on the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration Advisory Council Working Group on the Impact of Alternative Tax Proposals on ERISA Employer-Sponsored Plans.
This article discusses the domestic policy of the Ronald Reagan administration from 1981 to 1989. Reagan's policies stressed conservative economic values,starting with his implementation of supply-side economic policies,dubbed as "Reaganomics" by both supporters and detractors. His policies also included the largest tax cut in American history as well as increased defense spending as part of his Soviet strategy. However,he significantly raised (non-income) taxes four times due to economic conditions and reforms,but the tax reforms instituted during presidency brought top marginal rates to their lowest levels since 1931,such that by 1988,the top US marginal tax rate was 28%.
During President Jimmy Carter's presidency,he nominated four people for four different federal appellate judgeships who were not processed by the Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee before Carter's presidency ended. None of the four nominees were renominated by Carter's successor,President Ronald Reagan. Three of the nominees who were not processed were nominated after July 1,1980,the traditional start date of the unofficial Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year. All four seats eventually were filled by appointees of President Ronald Reagan.
James Daniel Theberge was a United States ambassador to Nicaragua (1975–1977) and Chile (1982–1985).
The 1988 State of the Union Address was given by the 40th president of the United States,Ronald Reagan,on January 25,1988,at 9:00 p.m. EST,in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 100th United States Congress. It was Reagan's seventh and final State of the Union Address and his eighth and final speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker,Jim Wright,accompanied by George H. W. Bush,the vice president.
Richard F. Hohlt was a member of the American Air Force Reserves in 1970
Relations between the United States of America and Palestinians are complex and strained. The United States does not recognize the State of Palestine,but accepts the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as a representative of the Palestinian people and the Palestinian National Authority as the authority legitimately governing the Palestinian territories under the Oslo Accords.
Charles H. Dallara is an American banker and the former managing director of the Institute of International Finance.
The 1986 State of the Union Address was given by the 40th president of the United States,Ronald Reagan,on February 4,1986,at 9:00 p.m. EST,in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 99th United States Congress. It was Reagan's fifth State of the Union Address and his sixth speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker,Tip O'Neill,accompanied by George H. W. Bush,the vice president.
The 1983 State of the Union Address was given by the 40th president of the United States,Ronald Reagan,on January 25,1983,at 9:00 p.m. EST,in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 98th United States Congress. It was Reagan's second State of the Union Address and his third speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker,Tip O'Neill,accompanied by George H. W. Bush,the vice president.
Willard Ames De Pree is a career American diplomat and the former United States Ambassador to Bangladesh and Mozambique.
Charles Martin Kupperman was the United States Deputy National Security Advisor for President Donald Trump,a position he held from January to September 2019. He also was the acting United States National Security Advisor for eight days in September 2019 between John Bolton and Robert C. O'Brien.
Ralph C. Bledsoe is an American academic administrator,businessman,and political advisor who served as assistant to President Ronald Reagan and director of the United States Domestic Policy Council from 1985 to 1987.
The presidential transition of George H. W. Bush began when then-Vice President George H. W. Bush won the United States 1988 United States presidential election,becoming the president-elect,and ended when Bush was inaugurated at noon EST on January 20,1989.
Edwin J. Gray is an American politician and businessman who served as the chair of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in the 1980s.
