Newt Gingrich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Newt Gingrich

Professor, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1943

Place of Birth: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: writer, teacher, politician, historian, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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About Newt Gingrich

  • Newton Leroy Gingrich (; June 17, 1943) is an American politician, author, and historian who served as the 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999.
  • A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S.
  • Representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district from 1979 until his resignation in 1999.
  • In 2012, Gingrich was a candidate for the presidential nomination of his party. A professor of history and geography at the University of West Georgia in the 1970s, Gingrich won election to the U.S.
  • House of Representatives in November 1978, the first Republican in the history of Georgia's 6th congressional district to do so.
  • He served as House Minority Whip from 1989 to 1995.
  • A co-author and architect of the "Contract with America", Gingrich was a major leader in the Republican victory in the 1994 congressional election.
  • In 1995, Time named him "Man of the Year" for "his role in ending the four-decades-long Democratic majority in the House".As House Speaker, Gingrich oversaw passage by the House of welfare reform and a capital gains tax cut in 1997.
  • Gingrich played a key role in several government shutdowns, and impeached President Clinton on a party-line vote in the House.
  • The poor showing by Republicans in the 1998 Congressional elections, a reprimand from the House for Gingrich's ethics violation, pressure from Republican colleagues, and revelations of an extramarital affair with a congressional employee 23 years his junior resulted in Gingrich's resignation from the speakership on November 6, 1998.
  • He resigned altogether from the House on January 3, 1999. Political scientists have credited Gingrich with playing a key role in undermining democratic norms in the United States, and hastening political polarization and partisanship.Since leaving the House, Gingrich has remained active in public policy debates and worked as a political consultant.
  • He founded and chaired several policy think tanks, including American Solutions for Winning the Future and the Center for Health Transformation.
  • He ran for the Republican nomination in the 2012 presidential election, but ultimately endorsed front runner Mitt Romney, who won the nomination.

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