Donald Rumsfeld Biography
| Donald Rumsfeld served as the United States secretary of Defense from January 2001 to December 18, 2006. The Illinois born and ex-Navy pilot was serving his second stint as secretary of Defense having worked in the same capacity under President Gerald Ford. |
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Born on 9 July 1932, Rumsfeld has held other key positions in the government such as the chief of staff at white house as well as serving a stint as the country’s ambassador to NATO. More...
Tony Blair Biography
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair was born at Queen Mary Maternity Home on May 6, 1953, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is Leo and Hazel Blair’s second son. He schooled at Durham’s Chorister School between 1961 and 1963.Through his schooling he liked music and played guitar. He is married to Cherie booth and has four children.More...
Alberto Gonzales Biography
Alberto Gonzales made it to the history books after he was appointed as the first Hispanic Attorney General of the United States. The 53 year old Harvard trained lawyer has long been associated with President George Bush. They both hail from Texas and Alberto worked as the general counsel when Bush was the governor of Texas. More...
Joe Biden Biography
Born November 20, 1942, Joseph Robinette “Joe” Biden Jr. was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and later moved to Delaware. Biden is the Vice President-elect of the US and a senior senator of United States from Delaware. He became an attorney in 1969 and was elected to the county council in 1970. Biden was the fifth youngest senator to be elected in the senate in 1972. He got re-elected in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2008. He has been the longest serving member and the current chairman of Foreign Relations Committee.More...
Karl Rove Biography
Karl Christian Rove was born on December 25, 1950, in Denver, Colorado. He served as the Deputy Chief of Staff in President Bush administration until August 31, 2007 when he resigned from that position. Before joining White House, Karl was a political consultant for Republican candidates.More...
Kwame Kilpatrick Biography
Kwame Kilparick made history when he was elected as the youngest mayor in Detroit. The political science graduate from the University of A&M in Florida was elected as the mayor of Detroit at the age of 31 in 2001.
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Biography Melchora Aquino
Melchora Aquino was born on 6 January, 1812. She was a famous Filipino revolutionary. Her popular name was Tandang Sora. In Philippines history, Tandang means old. Her parents were poor but hard working people. Melchora Aquino never went to school institution. However, she was apparently literate at her early age.
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Biography Of Andres Bonifacio
Born to a Tagalog father, Santiagos Bonifacio and Catalina de Castro who was Spanish by nationality, Andres Bonifacio was born on November 30, 1863 in Tondo, Manila in Philippines. The star was in existence until May 10, 1897 when he succumbed death in Maragondon, Cavite after he was executed.
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Biography Of Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa was hated by some yet loved by others. He was born Doroteo Arango Arambula in June 1878 but hit the headlines as Pancho Villa. Very little is known on this Mexican Revolutionary General but there is evidence to suggest that he was raised by a peasant family in San Juan in Mexico. More...
Gregorio Del Pilar Biography
Born November 14, 1875, in Bulacan, Bulacan, Philippine Gregorio del Pilar Sempio was one of the youngest generals in the Philippine revolutionary Forces. He was a general in the Philippine Revolution and Philippine-American war and was nick named “boy General” due to his youthful age. Gregorio was the youngest general to die during the wars. More...
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Tituba Biography
Tituba Biography is the story of a Western Indian slave woman who originated from Arawak village in South America. Her date of birth is not known since she was captured, taken to Barbados and sold to slavery when she was a child. Tituba was bought by a Barbados bachelor merchant called Samuel Parris.It was also said that Parris acquired her as a debt settlement from one of his associates and made her his concubine. More...
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Paul Dundes Wolfowitz was born to Lillian Dundes and Jacob Wolfowitz, Polish immigrants, in New York. Paul undertook his studies at Ithaca High School and, Cornell University in the mid sixties. He married his undergraduate friend Chevy Chase in 1968 with whom he later divorced in 2002. 