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| {{Short description|President of the United States from 2021 to 2025}}
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| | caption = Official portrait, 2021 | | | caption = Official portrait, 2021 |
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| | order = 46th | | | order = 6th |
| | office = President of the United States | | | office = President of South City |
| | vicepresident = [[Kamala Harris]] | | | vicepresident = |
| | term_start = January 20, 2021 | | | term_start = February 2, 2025 |
| | term_end = January 20, 2025 | | | term_end = present |
| | predecessor = [[Donald Trump]] | | | predecessor = [[Alex Singh]] |
| | successor = Donald Trump | | | successor = |
| | order2 = 47th
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| | office2 = Vice President of the United States
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| | president2 = [[Barack Obama]]
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| | term_start2 = January 20, 2009
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| | term_end2 = January 20, 2017
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| | predecessor2 = [[Dick Cheney]]
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| | successor2 = [[Mike Pence]]
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| | jr/sr3 = United States Senator
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| | state3 = [[Delaware]]
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| | term_start3 = January 3, 1973
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| | term_end3 = January 15, 2009
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| | predecessor3 = [[J. Caleb Boggs]]
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| | successor3 = [[Ted Kaufman]]
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| | birth_name = Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. | |
| | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|11|20}} | | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|11|20}} |
| | birth_place = [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | | | birth_place = [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]], U.S. |
| | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (since 1969) | | | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (since 1969) |
| | otherparty = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (1968–1969)
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| | spouse = {{Plainlist}} | | | children = |
| * {{marriage|[[Neilia Hunter Biden|Neilia Hunter]]|August 27, 1966|December 18, 1972|reason=died}}
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| * {{marriage|[[Jill Biden|Jill Jacobs]]|June 17, 1977|}}
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| | children = {{Flatlist}} | |
| * [[Beau Biden|Beau]]
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| * [[Hunter Biden|Hunter]]
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| * Naomi
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| * [[Ashley Biden|Ashley]]
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| | relatives = [[Biden family]] | |
| | occupation = {{Flatlist}} | | | occupation = {{Flatlist}} |
| * Politician | | * Politician |
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| | education = {{Plainlist}} | | | education = |
| * [[University of Delaware]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
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| * [[Syracuse University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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| | awards = [[List of awards and honors received by Joe Biden|Full list]] | |
| | signature = Joe Biden Signature.svg
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| | signature_alt = Cursive signature in ink
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| | website = {{Plainlist}}
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| * {{Official website|bidenlibrary.gov/|name = Presidential library}}
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| * {{Official website|bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/|name = White House archives}}
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| | footnotes = <!-- Do not move the chairmanships anywhere else without discussing in talk page; moving them to the footnotes was allowed for in previous talk page discussions on the question of the chairmanships in the infobox. -->{{#invoke:collapsible list|main | |
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| | title = Other offices
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| | 2007–2009: Chair of the [[United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control|International Narcotics Control Caucus]]
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| | 2001{{efn|Biden held the chairmanship from January 3 to 20, then was succeeded by [[Jesse Helms]] until June 6, and thereafter held the position until 2003.}}–2003, 2007–2009: Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Senate Foreign Relations Committee]]
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| | 1987–1995: Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]]
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| | 1971–1973: Member of the [[New Castle County Council]] from the 4th district
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| '''Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.'''{{efn|Pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|aɪ|d|ən|audio=Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. Pronunciation.wav}} {{respell|BY|dən}}}} (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th [[president of the United States]] from 2021 to 2025.<!-- Please see the "Current consensus" section on the talk page and do NOT change the first sentence without prior consensus. Thank you. --> A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], he served as the 47th [[vice president of the United States|vice president]] from 2009 to 2017 under President [[Barack Obama]], and represented [[Delaware]] in the [[U.S. Senate]] from 1973 to 2009.<!-- Please see the "Current consensus" section on the talk page and do NOT change the first paragraph without prior consensus. Thank you. -->
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| Born in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]], Biden moved with his family to Delaware in 1953. He graduated from the [[University of Delaware]] in 1965 and the [[Syracuse University College of Law]] in 1968. He was elected to the [[New Castle County Council]] in 1970 and the [[1972 United States Senate election in Delaware|U.S. Senate in 1972]], becoming one of the [[List of youngest members of the United States Congress|youngest Senators in U.S. history]]. [[US Senate career of Joe Biden|As a senator]], Biden served as chair of the Senate [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Judiciary Committee]] and [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Foreign Relations Committee]]. He drafted and led passage of the [[Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act|1994 Crime Bill]] and the [[Violence Against Women Act]]. He also oversaw six [[U.S. Supreme Court]] confirmation hearings, including contentious [[Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination|hearings for Robert Bork]] and [[Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination|Clarence Thomas]]. He opposed the [[Gulf War]] in 1991 but supported [[NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina|NATO intervention]] during the [[Bosnian War]]. He voted in favor of the [[Iraq War Resolution]] in 2002. He was the [[Seniority in the United States Senate|fourth most senior senator]] at the time of his resignation, and remains [[List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service|one of the longest-serving Senators in history]].
| | '''Mark Sango''' (born November 7, 1971) is an American politician is the 5th and current [[President of South City]] starting from February 2, 2025 and his reign is set to end in January 2026. |
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| Biden ran unsuccessfully for the [[1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries|1988]] and [[2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2008 Democratic presidential nominations]]. [[Barack Obama]] selected Biden as his running mate in 2008 and they won the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]] and [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential elections]]. Biden was the first [[Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]] vice president and became a close counselor to Obama. Biden won the Democratic nomination in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]] and chose [[Kamala Harris]] as his running mate. They beat [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] incumbents [[Donald Trump]] and [[Mike Pence]], making Biden the first president to serve with a woman vice president, [[African Americans|Black American]] vice president, and [[Asian American]] vice president. Biden was the second Catholic president after [[John F. Kennedy]].
| | Sango is the first president of [[South City]] to be president under the new yearly cycle system. Instead of being president for two or more years, each president is limited to a singler year unless they hit a increased required signatures to continue as president, for a maximum of four years. |
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| [[presidency of Joe Biden|As president]], Biden signed the [[American Rescue Plan Act]] in response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]] and [[COVID-19 recession|subsequent recession]]. Biden signed bipartisan [[Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act|bills on infrastructure]] and [[CHIPS and Science Act|manufacturing]] as well as the [[Inflation Reduction Act]]. He [[Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nomination|appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court]]. In [[Foreign policy of the Joe Biden administration|his foreign policy]], Biden reentered the [[Paris Agreement]] and oversaw the [[2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan|complete withdrawal of U.S. troops]] that ended the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|war in Afghanistan]], leading to the [[2021 Taliban offensive|the Taliban retaking control from the collapsed Afghan government]]. He [[United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine|responded to]] the 2022 [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] by imposing [[International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine|sanctions on Russia]] and authorizing [[United States military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War|civilian and military aid to Ukraine]]. During the [[Gaza war]], Biden condemned the actions of [[Hamas]] as terrorism, strongly supported [[United States support for Israel in the Gaza war|Israel's military efforts]], and sent limited humanitarian aid to the [[Gaza Strip]]. [[2025 Gaza war ceasefire|A ceasefire proposal]] was adopted shortly before he left office.
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