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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honorable]]
| name = Bill Clinton
| image = Bill Clinton.jpg
| caption = OfficalOfficial portrait, 1993
| orderalt = [[List of= PresidentsClinton's ofofficial thepresidential Unitedportrait, States|42nd]]1993
| order = [[List of presidents of the United States|42nd]]
| office = President of the United States
| vicepresident = [[Al Gore]]
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| predecessor = [[George H. W. Bush]]
| successor = [[George W. Bush]]
| order1order2 = [[List of governors of Arkansas|40th and 42nd [[Governor of Arkansas]]
| lieutenant1lieutenant2 = {{unbulleted list|[[Winston Bryant]]<br>[[|Jim Guy Tucker]]}}
| term_start1term_start2 = January 11, 1983
| term_end1term_end2 = December 12, 1992
| predecessor1predecessor2 = [[Frank D. White]]
| successor1successor2 = [[Jim Guy Tucker]]
| lieutenant2lieutenant3 = [[Joe Purcell]]
| term_start2term_start3 = January 9, 1979
| term_end2term_end3 = January 19, 1981
| predecessor2predecessor3 = [[Joe Purcell]] <small>(Actingacting)</small>
| successor2successor3 = [[Frank D. White]]
| order3 office6 = 50th [[Arkansas Attorney General|Attorney General of Arkansas]]
| governor3governor6 = {{unbulleted list|[[David Pryor]]<br>[[|Joe Purcell]] <small>(acting)</small>}}
| term_start3term_start6 = January 3, 1977
| term_end3term_end6 = January 9, 1979
| predecessor3predecessor6 = [[Jim Guy Tucker]]
| successor3successor6 = [[Steve Clark (Arkansas politician)|Steve Clark]]
| birth_name = William Jefferson Blythe III
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1946|8|19}}
| birth_place = [[Hope, Arkansas|Hope]], [[Arkansas]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Hillary Rodham Clinton|Hillary Rodham Clinton]]|October 11, <small>(1975-present)</small>}}
| children = 1; [[Chelsea Clinton|Chelsea]]
| parents = {{hlist|William Jefferson Blythe Jr.|Virginia Clinton Kelley}}
| residence = [[Chappaqua, New York]]
| alma_matereducation = {{hlist|[[Georgetown University (B.S.)<br>]]|[[University College, Oxford]]<br>|[[Yale University|Yale (J.D.)Law School]]}}
| relatives = [[Clinton family]]
| residence = [[Chappaqua, New York]], U.S.
| signature = Signature of Bill Clinton.svg
| signature_alt = CursiveWilliam signature of BillJ Clinton in inksignature.svg
| websiteawards = [http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/[List of honors and awards received by Bill Clinton|Honors Presidentialand LibraryAwards]]
| footnotes = {{Collapsible list
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|title=Other offices
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|1986{{spnd}}1987: Chair of the [[National Governors Association]]
|1985{{spnd}}1986: Vice Chair of the National Governors Association
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| module = [[File:Bill Clinton speaks on U.S. decision to join NATO forces in military airstrikes against Serbia.ogg|Bill_Clinton_speaks_on_U.S._decision_to_join_NATO_forces_in_military_airstrikes_against_Serbia]] Bill Clinton delivers remarks on the decision to join NATO forces in military airstrikes against Serbia<br>Record March 24, 1999
'''William Jefferson Clinton''' (born August 19, 1946) is 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.
| profession = {{hlist|politician|attorney|professor|author|humanitarian activist}}
}}
 
'''William Jefferson Clinton''' (born August 19, 1946) is an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]] and humanitarian activist[[Lawyer|attorney]]. He was the 42nd [[president of the United States]] from 1993 to 2001. Before he wasbecoming president, Clintonhe was the 40th and 42nd [[List of governors of Arkansas|governor of Arkansas]] from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992,. asHe wellwas asalso the 50th [[Arkansas Attorney General|attorney general of Arkansas]] from 1977 to 1979. Clinton is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].
 
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.