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Robert Joseph “Bob” Dole (Robert Džozef „Bob“ Dol) (rođen 22. jula 1923) je penzionisani američki senator iz savezne države Kansas, koji je tu funkciju obavljao u periodu od 1969 – 1996, a jedno vrijeme je bio i vođa većinske parlamentarne grupe u Senatu. Bob Dole je bio i kandidat Republikanske stranke na predsjedničkim izborima 1996 te kandidat za potpredsjednika na izborima 1976, međutim u oba navrata nije bio izabran.
Bob dole je dokaznani prijatelj Bosne i Hercegovine jer se kao Kongrsmen borio z aukidanje embarga na naoružanje u toku agresije na Republiku Bosnu i Hercegvoinu.
Robert Joseph Dole (born July 22, 1923) is an American lawyer and politician who represented Kansas in Congress from 1961 to 1996 and served as the Republican Leader of the United States Senate from 1985 until 1996. He was the Republican presidential nominee in the 1996 presidential election and the party’s vice presidential nominee in the 1976 presidential election.
Born in Russell, Kansas, Dole established a legal career in Russell after serving with distinction in the United States Army during World War II. After a stint as County Attorney he won election to the United States House of Representatives in 1960. He compiled a moderate voting record, supporting the major civil rights bills and some of the Great Society programs. Dole defeated Governor William H. Avery in Kansas’s 1968 United States Senate Republican primary and went on to win the general election. He served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1971 to 1973 and as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1981 to 1985. He led the Senate Republicans from 1985 to his retirement in 1996, and served as Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and from 1995 to 1996. In his role as Republican leader, he helped defeat President Bill Clinton’s health care plan.
President Gerald Ford chose Dole as his running mate in the 1976 election after Ford dropped Vice President Nelson Rockefeller from the ticket. Ford was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter in the general election. Dole sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1980 but quickly dropped out of the race. He experienced more success in the 1988 Republican primaries but was defeated by Vice President George H. W. Bush. Dole won the Republican nomination in 1996 and selected Jack Kemp as his running mate. The Republican ticket lost in the general election to Bill Clinton, making Dole the first person to be nominated for both president and vice president without winning election to either position. He resigned from the Senate during the 1996 campaign and did not seek public office again after the election.
Though he retired from public office, Dole remained active in public life after 1996. He appeared in numerous commercials and television programs and served on various councils. In 2012, Dole unsuccessfully advocated Senate ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He supported Jeb Bush in the 2016 Republican primaries but endorsed Donald Trump after the latter clinched the Republican nomination. Numerous former Dole staffers, including Paul Manafort, served on Trump’s campaign. Dole is currently a member of the advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and special counsel at the Washington, D.C., office of law firm Alston & Bird. [1] He is married to former Senator Elizabeth Hanford Dole.
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