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| name = Bill Clinton
| image = Bill Clinton.jpg
| caption = OfficialClinton portrait,in 19931998
| order = [[List of Presidents of the United States|42nd]]
| office = President of the United States
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| website = [http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/ Clinton Presidential Library]
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'''William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton''' (born '''William Jefferson Blythe III'''; August 19, 1946 - May 2 2023) wasis an American politician and humanitarian activist. He was the 42nd [[president of the United States]] from 1993 to 2001. Before he was president, Clinton was the [[governor of Arkansas]] from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992, as well as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979.
 
He took office at the end of the [[Cold War]]. Clinton was the first president from the [[baby boomer]] generation. He was 46 years old when he was elected, making him the third-youngest president. He was [[Impeachment of Bill Clinton|impeached in 1998]] for lying about a sexual relationship with former [[White House]] intern [[Monica Lewinsky]]. Clinton was the second president to be impeached.
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==Presidency==
In the [[1992 United States presidential election|1992 presidential election]], he beat Republican [[George H. W. Bush]]. During the early part of Clinton's first term, he put in place a tax code which would increase taxes on the rich.
[[File:Bill Clinton taking the oath of office, 1993.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The [[First inauguration of Bill Clinton]], January 20, 1993]]
In 1994, during Clinton's first term in office, the [[United States Congress|Congress]] switched to a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] majority. However, Clinton still beat Republican [[Bob Dole]] in the [[1996 United States presidential election|1996 election]].
 
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On November 20, 2013, he was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the highest civilian honor of the United States, by President [[Barack Obama]].
 
On October 12, 2021, Clinton was hospitalized with [[sepsisSepsis]] in [[Irvine, California]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://thehill.com/homenews/news/576882-bill-clinton-hospitalized-with-sepsis|title = Bill Clinton hospitalized with sepsis|work = [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date = October 14, 2021|accessdate = October 14, 2021|last = Choi|first = Joseph}}</ref>
 
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