Mitt Romney was born on March 12, 1947 to George W. Romney and Lenore Romney in Detroit, Michigan. He belongs to Republican, a political party of USA.
Mitt Romney was born on March 12, 1947 to George W. Romney and Lenore Romney in Detroit, Michigan. He belongs to Republican, a political party of USA.
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He is at present running his 2012 presidential campaign and is a strong candidate for the 2012 Republican Party president nomination. An American businessman to begin with he later turned towards politics.
He became the 70th Governor of Massachusetts when chosen in 2003 and remained in the office till 2007.
He is married to Ann Davies and has five children: Taggart, Matthew, Joshua, Benjamin and Craig.
He completed his graduation from Brigham Young University, and then received a JD and MBA degree from Harvard University. Romney as CEO of Bain and Company 1991-1992) successfully helped the company to come out of crisis. He was also the Co-founder of Bain Capital from the year 1984 to 1998, which is a private equity investment firm,.
Romney has also campaigned for Republican Party president nomination in the year 2008 but at the end lost it to John McCain.
Four doctorates that he has received are:
He also received a Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award in the year 2006.
Washington, May 3 (ANI): A senior aide to US Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney has reportedly said that British Prime Minister that David Cameron was 'taken for a ride' by Barack Obama when he praised the president during a recent visit to the White House.
Washington, May 3 (ANI): US Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has officially dropped out of the White House race.
Washington, May 3 (IANS/EFE) Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich announced Wednesday that he is withdrawing from the Republican primaries, leaving the way clear for the front-runner, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, to capture the party's nomination.
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Washington, May 2 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama's 'April job approval' rating, when U.S. special forces killed Osama bin Laden, has gained the highest level since last May, according to poll.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): Mitt Romney's foreign policy spokesman, Richard Grenell, has resigned from his post suggesting that conservative criticism over his sexuality prevented him from doing his job effectively.
Washington, May 1 (ANI): Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has closed the gap with President Barack Obama during the post week, according to poll.
Washington, May 1 (IANS) Terrorism was not dead and Pakistan remains its hotbed, said American analysts amid a political row over the alleged politicisation of the dramatic raid that killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden a year ago.
Washington, May 1 (IANS) Amid a political row over the alleged politicisation of the dramatic raid that killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden a year ago, American analysts agree that terrorism was not dead and Pakistan remains its hotbed.
Washington, May 1 (IANS) Amid a political row over the alleged politicisation of the dramatic raid that killed terror mastermind Osama bin Laden a year ago, American analysts agree that terrorism was not dead and Pakistan remains its hotbed.
Washington, May 1 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has responded to criticisms that he is engaged in a politicization of the killing of Osama bin Laden, saying there hasn't been 'any excessive celebration' by his administration.
Washington, Apr 30(ANI): President Barack Obama's humorous speech targeted this year's primaries, the 2008 primaries, the General Services Administration scandal, the Secret Service and real estate mogul Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): White House counter terrorism adviser John Brennan has said that the United States is on alert and 'especially vigilant' as the first anniversary of the death of former Al Qaeda chief Osama bin laden looms.
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): US President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has defended a controversial web video that questioned whether Republican rival Mitt Romney would have approved the raid on Osama bin Laden's hide out in Abbottabad, calling the ad campaign 'fair game'.
Washington, April 29 (IANS) President Barack Obama turned comic for a night to poke fun at everything, from the Secret Service scandal to his top diplomat Hillary Clinton, to his likely Republican rival Mitt Romney's dog.
Washington, Apr 29 (ANI): A senior American political columnist, John Avlon, has said President Barack Obama's decision to give the green signal to a Navy Seal raid that killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has fundamentally altered the US political landscape.
Washington, Apr 28 (ANI): The Obama administration has said that they might allow Iran to continue enriching uranium up to five percent purity if it agrees to other United Nation restrictions.
Washington, Apr 28 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has said that his presidential candidate opponent and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney won't be supporting women's issues in case he is elected to office.
Washington, Apr 28 (ANI): US Republicans have fired back at Barack Obama's new ad campaign that suggests Osama bin Laden would probably still be alive if Republican contender Mitt Romney had been the president.
Washington, Apr 28 (ANI): US President Barack Obama's reelection campaign has released a new video that suggests that al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden would probably still be alive if Republican contender Mitt Romney had been president.
Washington, April 27 (ANI): A new analysis issued by Republican strategist Karl Rove has shown that President Barack Obama held a sizable lead in the electoral college race over likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
London, Apr 26 (ANI): Barack Obama, who has landed the cover of Rolling Stone, has revealed his admiration for aging rocker Mick Jagger, torn into likely presidential opponent Mitt Romney and declared his own confidence in his singing ability in the latest issue of the magazine.
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): First lady Michelle Obama and Ann Romney, wife of presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney, are far more popular than their husbands, a latest poll revealed.
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): Former US President Jimmy Carter has said that he would be "comfortable" with a President like Mitt Romney, but believes that current US President Barack Obama will keep his job.
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): Although the race between US presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama is currently deacklocked after a tie in the vote results, neither contender is expected to fix the US economy, according to voters in a latest poll.
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): Texas Governor Rick Perry, who ended his bid for the White House race in January, has endorsed Mitt Romney for President.
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): US Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has planned to drop out of the White House race next week.
Washington, April 25 (IANS) Sweeping five Republican primaries to effectively clinch the Republican nomination, Mitt Romney prepared to challenge President Barack Obama in the November general election.
Washington, Apr 25 (ANI): Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney is in full general election mode, having won primaries in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York.
Washington, April 25 (IANS) Mitt Romney has swept five Republican primaries to effectively clinch the Republican nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in the November general election.
Washington, April 24 (ANI): Almost 42 percent of people would prefer to vote for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney over 40 percent for US President Barack Obama for presidential elections in Arizona, according to poll.
Washington, Apr 24 (ANI): Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has penned a rare, full-page editorial on an unsurprising topic: Sex, in the May issue of the magazine.
Washington, April 24 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama has got more negative press coverage in comparison to presidential contender Mitt Romney, according to an analysis.
Washington, April 22 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama has an added advantage on the web during his re-election campaign as opposed to his opponents.
Canberra, April 22 (ANI): A Sydney suburban mayor has issued an ultimatum to his neighbours to let him tear down his house, or he would turn it into a mosque.
Washington, April 21 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama has a substantial edge over presidential contender Mitt Romney in the presidential race in the states of Ohio and Florida, according to a poll.
Washington, April 21 (Xinhua-ANI): Americans have more confidence in President Barack Obama than his top Republican challenger Mitt Romney to do or to recommend the right thing for the country's economy, according to a Gallup survey released on Friday.
Washington, Apr 21 (ANI): Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney reacted to Montana Democratic Governor, Brian Schweitzer's assertion of him avoiding talking about his family history and immigration because "then he'd have to talk about his family coming from a polygamy commune in Mexico."
Washington, April 20 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has gained a lead over GOP nominee Mitt Romney among women and minorities voters in the presidential race, according to a new poll.
Washington, Apr 20 (ANI): Reacting to President Barack Obama's statement of 'not being born with a silver spoon', Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney said that 'he would not apologize for his family's success.'
Washington, Apr 19(ANI): Both US President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney have garnered 46 percent support in the latest poll, which has also provided important insights into the presidential race.
Washington, April 19 (IANS) President Barack Obama and his likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney are locked in a tight race in the November presidential poll as Romney solidified support within his party, according to a new poll.
Washington, Apr 19 (ANI): The US economy maybe be largely declining but could improve in the coming days, a latest CBS News poll has revealed.
Washington, Apr 18 (ANI): 'Dogs Against Romney' website founder is quite 'disappointed' with Ann Romney for defending Mitt's 'dog-on-the-roof' story.
Washington, April 18 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama is leading his likely presidential opponent Mitt Romney by 47 percent to 43 percent votes in the 2012 presidential elections, according to a poll.
Washington, Apr 18 (ANI): Barack Obama apparently had an odd past with the man's best friend.
Washington, April 17 (IANS) President Barack Obama holds a nine-point lead over likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney, thanks to a large gender gap and likeability factor, according to a new poll.
Washington, April 16 (ANI): President Obama's top economic advisors Timothy Geithner has rubbished claims by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney that American women accounted for 92 percent of jobs loss under Obama's leadership.
Washington, April 15 (ANI): The United States President Barack Obama is leading the likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney by a significant margin in various US states.
Washington, Apr 14(ANI): Former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin has said Democrat pundit Hilary Rosen's controversial comment that Ann Romney has 'never worked a day in her life' has stirred up conservative women across the country.
Washington, Apr 14 (ANI): By releasing his 2011 tax return, US president Barack Obama, has made an attempt to highlight the disproportionate structure of the US tax code that even sees his Secretary paying a higher tax rate than him.
Washington, April 14 (IANS) The White House Friday released tax returns by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden which revealed that the first family paid $162,074 in taxes while having an adjusted gross income of $789,674 in 2011.
Washington, April 13 (ANI): Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has to work hard to woo the Republican voter base among Midwesterners, young voters, the highly religious and conservative Republicans, according to the results of a Gallup Poll.
Washington, Apr 13 (ANI): A latest Fox News poll this week has Romney topping Obama by 46-44 percent as opposed to the ABC News poll last week, which showed Obama ahead by 51-44.
Los Angeles, Apr 13 (ANI): Responding to a Democratic strategist's criticism of Barcak Obama's Republican rival Mitt Romney's wife, the US President has said that "there is no tougher job than being a mom" and that the families of candidates should be off limits.
Washington, Apr 12(ANI): US presidential contender and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has failed in an attempt to target President Barack Obama on women' issues, as his allegations that 92.3 percent of all jobs lost during Barack Obama's tenure have been lost by women, has been dubbed as 'false'
Washington, Apr 12 (ANI): White House Republican contender Newt Gingrich has slammed Fox News, saying the American news channel has been biased towards former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney from the beginning of the Republican presidential fight.
Washington, Apr 12 (ANI): Indian-origin Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, who has supported Mitt Romney as presidential nominee, has made it clear that he is focused on being governor and not the Republican vice presidential nominee.
Washington, April 11 (IANS) As Mitt Romney emerged as the virtually certain Republican presidential nominee with Rick Santorum suddenly dropping out of the race, Louisiana's Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal came out in support of the front runner.
Washington, April 11 (ANI): The US President Barack Obama is preferred over Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney by 51 percent to 43 percent, a latest poll has revealed.
Washington, April 11 (ANI): Indian-origin Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal has came out in support of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney as his closest rival Rick Santorum suspended his presidential election campaign.
Washington, Apr 11 (ANI): US Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum has decided to quit the White House race, clearing the way for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney to challenge Barack Obama in November's election.
Washington, April 11 (IANS) Louisiana's Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal came out in support of Mitt Romney as his closest rival Rick Santorum suspended his campaign, effectively ceding the Republican presidential nomination to the frontrunner.
Washington, April 10 (ANI): Some US Independent voters who lean slightly in President Barack Obama's favor are supporting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on the political spectrum, particularly on economic priorities, according to a poll.
Washington, Apr 8(ANI): Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has announced he will be criss-crossing his home state of Pennsylvania next week.
Washington, Apr.6 (ANI): Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, whose wealth has become a central issue in the 2012 campaign, has taken advantage of an obscure exception in federal ethics laws to avoid disclosing the nature and extent of his holdings.
Pennsylvania (US), Apr.6 (ANI): Nobody in the Republican establishment is convinced that frontrunner and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will win against President Barack Obama when the November presidential polls take place.
Washington, Apr 5 (ANI): US Republican presidential contender, Mitt Romney might be facing uncertainty, as there has been a decline in the support amongst the independent women in his camp, according to a latest poll conducted by USA Today/Gallup on Tuesday.
Washington, April 4 (IANS) With decisive victories in Republican presidential primaries in three states, frontrunner Mitt Romney virtually assured himself of the party nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in the November poll.
Washington, Apr 3 (ANI): Former US President Bill Clinton has said that he would be 'happy' if his wife Hillary decided to run for the presidency in 2016.
Washington, Apr.3 (ANI): South Carolina's Indian-origin Governor Nicky Haley has said that if she is offered an opportunity to run as a Republican running mate in this year's presidential polls, she would decline.
Washington, Apr.3 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama has established a four-percentage point lead over Republican rival Mitt Romney in a general election match-up, according to a new USA Today/Gallup Poll Monday.
Washington, Apr 2(ANI): US President Barack Obama has opened a 51 percent to 42 percent lead over Republican candidate Mitt Romney in the country's top 12 swing states for the first time in the 2012 White House race, a new poll has found.
Washington, Apr 1 (ANI): US Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has said Barack Obama's comments that Russian President Dmitri Medvedev would have 'more flexibility' to negotiate on nuclear arms after winning the 2012 election, should be a sign of concern for allies, including Israel.
Washington, Apr 2(ANI): Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Google News were pranked on April Fool's Day.
Washington, Apr 2 (ANI): US Vice President Joe Biden has come out swinging against Mitt Romney, saying the former Massachusetts governor is the most 'out of touch Presidential candidate of modern times'.
Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): US Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is reportedly preparing to broaden his challenge to President Barack Obama's management of foreign affairs.
Washington, March 30 (IANS) Front-runner Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked up two more big endorsements, but apparently with little impact on his party's unending race to pick a challenger to US President Barack Obama.
Washington, Mar.29 (ANI): A new CNN/ORC international survey indicates that President Barack Obama's approval rating has inched over the 50 percent mark for the first time since last May.
Washington, Mar 29(ANI): President Barack Obama has opened up leads on his possible Republican rival, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum in all of three very crucial swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, according to a new poll.
Washington, Mar 29(ANI): Former American president George Bush has endorsed Republican candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for the White House race.
Washington, March 29 (IANS) President Barack Obama has widened his lead over Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, his potential Republican rivals in the November presidential election, to double digits in a new national poll.
Washington, Mar 28 (ANI): Mitt Romney's proposed California beach mansion will reportedly include a separate car lift.
New York, Mar 28 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has expanded his online presence by joining the popular social networking site Pinterest.
Washington, Mar 27(ANI): US President Barack Obama hit back at Republicans who had slammed him for telling Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he could adopt flexible approach in the missile defence negotiations if re-elected to the post.
Washington, March 27 (IANS) The US Supreme Court has begun a historic hearing on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform, which greatly expands Americans' access to health insurance.
Washington, Mar 26 (ANI): US Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum has described rival Mitt Romney as 'the worst Republican in the country to put up against Barack Obama.'
Washington, Mar 26 (ANI): US Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum has claimed that an 'inaccurate delegate count' makes it seem that rival Mitt Romney has a larger lead than he actually does.
Washington, Mar.22 (ANI): Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's momentum from his Illinois victory was blunted Wednesday by a massive campaign blunder when a top aide said the candidate's positions are as changeable as an Etch-A-Sketch.
Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum has won the Republican presidential primary in Louisiana.
Washington, March 23 (IANS) Former senator Rick Santorum easily won the Republican presidential primary in Indian American governor Bobby Jindal's home state of Louisiana, somewhat slowing down frontrunner Mitt Romney's apparently inevitable march towards nomination.
Washington, Mar 24 (ANI): US Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum took a shot at chief rival Mitt Romney, suggesting that that it would better to stick with Barack Obama for four more years than some "Etch A Sketch" president.
Washington, March 22 (ANI): President Obama has much higher favourable ratings than Mitt Romney when it comes to treatment of dogs, according to a poll.
Washington, March 22 (ANI): More adults visited President Barack Obama's campaign website in January than the four Republican hopefuls combined, according to a research company.
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has secured a key endorsement for his presidential campaign from former Florida governor Jeb Bush.
Washington, March 22 (ANI): President Obama has much higher favourable ratings than Mitt Romney when it comes to treatment of dogs, according to a poll.
Washington, March 22 (ANI): More adults visited President Barack Obama's campaign website in January than the four Republican hopefuls combined, according to a research company.
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has secured a key endorsement for his presidential campaign from former Florida governor Jeb Bush.
Washington, Mar 21 (ANI): Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has comfortably won the Illinois Republican primary, enlarging his lead in the race for the party's presidential nomination.
Washington, Mar.21 (ANI): Former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich has an unlikely political foe - Hollywood star Robert De Niro.ingrich turned his fire on De Niro after the famed "Taxi Driver" made a joke at an Obama campaign fundraiser.
Washington, Mar.21 (ANI): Former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich has an unlikely political foe - Hollywood star Robert De Niro.ingrich turned his fire on De Niro after the famed "Taxi Driver" made a joke at an Obama campaign fundraiser.
