Bob McDonnell

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Bob McDonnell (2010)

Robert Francis "Bob" McDonnell (born June 15, 1954 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American politician ( Republican Party ). He was governor of Virginia from January 16, 2010 to January 11, 2014 .

Life

Bob McDonnell grew up in Alexandria ( Virginia on). His father John McDonnell served as a soldier in the US Air Force , his mother Emma first worked as a secretary for the Texas Congressman Olin E. Teague and later as an employee at the Mount Vernon country estate of former US President George Washington .

McDonnell graduated from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana , studied business administration , received a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in 1976 , a Master of Business Administration from Boston University in 1980 and a Doctor of Law from Regent University in 1989 . He served four years as an active soldier in the US Army and 16 years, from 1981 to 1997, in the United States Army Reserve , most recently with the rank of lieutenant colonel . During his active service he was from 1976 to 1979 in a military hospital in Germany Grafenwöhr and from 1979 to 1981 a military hospital in Newport News stationed.

In 1992, McDonnell successfully ran for a seat in the Virginia House of Representatives ; He was able to defend this seat until 2005, in other six elections. As a member of the Republican Party, he sat on the Judiciary Committee from 2000 to 2005. In January 2006, McDonnell successfully ran for the office of Attorney General of Virginia and served one term until February 2009.

He then announced his intention to run for governor of Virginia in November 2009 . With a good 58% of the vote, he got significantly more in the election on November 3, 2009 than his Democratic opponent, State Senator Creigh Deeds . Since re-election is not possible under the Virginia constitution, McDonnell's term ended in January 2014; his successor was elected in November 2013, the Democrat Terry McAuliffe , who prevailed against the Republican Attorney General of Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli .

In the extremely controversial case of Jens Soering , McDonnell used one of his first official acts on January 19, 2010 to oppose a transfer to Germany, although his predecessor, Governor Tim Kaine, had already spoken out in favor of transfer .

McDonnell is a Roman Catholic denomination. He has been married to Maureen Patricia McDonnell since 1976 and has five children (three daughters and two sons). His eldest daughter was a member of the US Army from 2005 to 2006 in the Iraqi capital Baghdad .

Political positions

McDonnell has held conservative views, speaks out against abortion , campaigns for oil drilling off the coast of Virginia and was a member of the National Rifle Association (NRA) . He is also a proponent of the death penalty . In September 2010, he turned down a pardon from Teresa Lewis . Despite international protests, she was executed in Virginia on September 23, 2010 as the first woman in almost 100 years.

Corruption allegations

On January 21, 2014, a lawsuit was opened against McDonnell and his wife. They were accused of having illegally received private donations worth more than US $ 135,000 in at least 14 cases, for which they ex officio provided the donors with political and economic advantages. On September 4, the relevant federal jury found him guilty of most charges. McDonnell becomes the first governor of Virginia to be convicted of a crime ( felony ) . According to the decision of the responsible single judge on January 6, 2015, the sentence was set at two years in prison. He is then on probation for another two years. [outdated]

Web links

Commons : Bob McDonnell  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Virginia elections 2013: Results of the 2013 elections
  2. ^ Maria Glod: Va. Woman executed for slayings in 2002 , Washington Post of September 24, 2010
  3. ↑ Larry O'Dell: Former Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell, Wife indicted, . ABC News of January 21, 2014. 
  4. ↑ Rosalind Helderman: Former Va. Gov. McDonnell and wife charged in gifts case . Washington Post January 21, 2014. 
  5. ↑ Matt Zapotsky: Robert McDonnell Guilty of 11 Counts Corruption . In: The Washington Post , September 5, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014. 
  6. ^ Beat Ammann: prison sentence for free flights and Ferrari trips . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , January 7, 2015. 
personal data
SURNAME McDonnell, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McDonnell, Robert Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania