James Baker

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American politician Republican Party politician human lawyer statesman

James Baker is an American statesman and Republican political figure who served in several top U.S. government roles, including White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of State, under multiple presidential administrations in the late 20th century.

Aliases (2)

James A. Baker III ×10
James Addison Baker III ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → Republican Party politician → human → lawyer → statesman →
awardReceived	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire → Presidential Medal of Freedom → Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1930-04-28 →
educatedAt	Princeton University → University of Texas School of Law →
familyName	Baker →
fullName	James Addison Baker III →
givenName	James →
honorificSuffix	III →
memberOf	Council on Foreign Relations → Trilateral Commission →
notableFor	involvement in 2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida →
notableWork	Baker Plan for Third World debt → management of 1990–1991 coalition against Iraq → role in Gulf War diplomacy →
occupation	diplomat → lawyer → politician →
placeOfBirth	Houston, Texas, United States →
politicalParty	Republican Party (United States) →
positionHeld	61st United States Secretary of State → 67th United States Secretary of the Treasury → Under Secretary of Commerce → United States Secretary of State → United States Secretary of the Treasury → United States White House Chief of Staff → White House Chief of Staff → campaign manager for George H. W. Bush → campaign manager for Ronald Reagan →
religion	Episcopalian →
residence	Houston, Texas, United States →
servedInAdministrationOf	George H. W. Bush → George W. Bush → Gerald Ford → Ronald Reagan →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Mary Stuart McHenry → Nancy Dickson → Susan Garrett →
workedFor	Executive Office of the President of the United States → United States Department of State → United States Department of the Treasury →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Baker Plan for Third World debt ("James A. Baker III") → Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy ("James A. Baker III") →	namedAfter
Baker Plan for Third World debt ("James A. Baker III") →	announcedBy
Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy ("James A. Baker III") →	foundedBy
James Baker ("James Addison Baker III") →	fullName
The Hill School ("James A. Baker III") →	hasAlumnus
Baker →	hasNotableBearer
Madrid Conference of 1991 ("James A. Baker III") →	mediatedBy
Glenwood Cemetery ("James A. Baker III") →	notableBurial
The Carlyle Group ("James A. Baker III") →	notableEmployee
National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal ("James A. Baker III") →	notableRecipient
White House Chief of Staff →	positionHeldBy
Baker Plan for Third World debt ("James A. Baker III") →	proposedBy