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William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945) is an American attorney, businessman, author, and politician who served as the 68th Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997.
William Floyd „Bill“ Weld (* 31. Juli 1945 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York) ist ein US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker. Er war der Kandidat der Libertarian Party für das Amt des Vizepräsidenten bei der Präsidentschaftswahl 2016 [1]. Zuvor war er als Republikaner von 1991 bis 1997 der 68. Gouverneur des Bundesstaates ...
William Floyd „Bill“ Weld ist ein US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker. Er war der Kandidat der Libertarian Party für das Amt des Vizepräsidenten bei der Präsidentschaftswahl 2016. Zuvor war er als Republikaner von 1991 bis 1997 der 68. Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Massachusetts.
18. März 2020 · Here's everything you need to know about Bill Weld, former two-term governor of Massachusetts and the first Republican primary challenger to President Donald Trump.
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Weld was born in 1945 and grew up in Long Island. He received a bachelor's degree in classics from Harvard College, graduating summa cum laude. He then received a diploma in international economics from Oxford University before returning to Harvard to attend law school, where he received a J.D. Weld clerked for a year at the Massachusetts Supreme J...
Governor of Massachusetts
Weld was elected governor of Massachusettsin 1990, defeating Democrat John Silber in the general election to become the first Republican to win the office in 20 years.
Assistant U.S. attorney general
Weld briefly served as the assistant U.S. attorney general overseeing the criminal division in the Department of Justice from 1986 to 1987. He eventually resigned after conflicts with U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese, who appointed Weld to the position, over which division of the department should investigate the Iran-contra affair.
U.S. attorney for Massachusetts
Weld was named U.S. attorney for Massachusetts after Republican President Ronald Reagan's inauguration in 1981. He served until his promotion to assistant U.S. attorney general in 1986.
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15. Feb. 2019 · William Weld is a former Republican governor of Massachusetts and a Libertarian vice-presidential nominee. He is running for president in 2020 as a Republican, challenging Donald Trump, and supports cutting taxes, gay rights, Medicaid expansion, and non-nuclear proliferation.
On February 15, 2019, former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld announced the formation of an exploratory committee to consider running for the Republican nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election.
