George HW Bush, former US president, dies aged 94

Bush, America’s 41st president and patriarch of the Bush dynasty, will be remembered for showing a steady hand during the collapse of the Soviet Union

George HW Bush, who as the 41st president shepherded the US through a turbulent period in global relations that included the breakup of the Soviet Union and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, has died. He was 94.

A moderate conservative who served a single term in office between 1989 and 1993, Bush lacked the charisma or polarising ideology of his predecessor, Ronald Reagan, under whom he had served as vice-president.

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