Former U.S. President George H.W. dies. Bush

He was the father of the 43rd American president, George W. Bush.

In 2012, he announced that he was suffering from vascular Parkinson, a disease that limited his physical movements. His 73-year-old wife, Barbara Bush, died on April 17th of this year.

For decades, George Herbert Walker Bush served as a familiar figure on the international stage, ranging from the role of US envoy in Beijing, then for eight years as vice president and later as president from 1989 to 1993.

George H.W. Bush was the last World War II veteran to serve as president.

He played an important role in leading the country and the world to emerge from the four decades Cold War during which the globe lived under threat of a nuclear conflict.

George H.W. Bush succeeded in the Ovale Office a major figure of American politics, such as President Ronald Reagan, a former rival.

During a new period that began on January 20, 1989, President Bush found himself at the helm of the only remaining superpower in the world. The Berlin Wall fell; The Soviet Union ceased to exist; the communist bloc in Eastern Europe was destroyed; The Cold War was over.

His powerful but steadfast diplomacy helped to bring these events to peace and harmony on the world scene.

In December 1992, George H. W. Bush issued the so-called “Christmas warning”, a letter directed to Serbia's leader Slobodan Milosevic, in which it said that in the event of a conflict in Kosovo caused by Serbian action, the US would be ready to use military force.

Kosovo's independence came under the presidency of his son George W. Bush in February 2008.