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Hace 1 día · Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (Russian: Борис Николаевич Ельцин, IPA: [bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn] ⓘ; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1990. . He later stood as a political independent ...
Hace 3 horas · John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American jurist who has served as the 17th chief justice of the United States since 2005. [3] Once regarded as a swing vote, [4] [5] Roberts has been described as having moderate conservative judicial philosophy [6] [7] and has presided over an ideological shift toward right-wing ...
Hace 3 horas · Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodists with its original campus in Newbury, Vermont.A decade later, in 1869, it was chartered in Boston. The university is a member of the Association of American Universities and the Boston Consortium for Higher Education.
Hace 1 día · Ben Carson. Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author, and politician who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery, he was a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 ...
Hace 3 horas · Sidney Poitier KBE (/ ˈ p w ɑː t j eɪ / PWAH-tyay; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian–American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award as well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award.
Hace 1 día · John Caldwell Calhoun (/ k æ l ˈ h uː n /; March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. Born in South Carolina, he adamantly defended American slavery and sought to protect the interests of white Southerners.Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer ...
Hace 3 horas · Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was an American politician who served as the 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as he was vice president at that time. Johnson was a Democrat who ran with Abraham Lincoln on the National Union Party ticket, coming to office as the Civil War concluded.
