James S. Gilmore
| Jim Gilmore | |
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| 68th Governor of Virginia | |
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In office January 17, 1998 – January 12, 2002 |
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| Lieutenant | John Hager |
| Preceded by | George Allen |
| Succeeded by | Mark Warner |
| Chair of the Republican National Committee | |
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In office January 18, 2001 – December 5, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Nicholson |
| Succeeded by | Marc Racicot |
| 38th Attorney General of Virginia | |
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In office January 15, 1994 – June 11, 1997 |
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| Governor | George Allen |
| Preceded by | Stephen Rosenthal |
| Succeeded by | Richard Cullen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
James Stuart Gilmore III October 6, 1949 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Roxane Gatling (m. 1977) |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA, JD) |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1971–1974 |
| Unit | 650th Group, Military Intelligence Corps |
| Awards |
 Joint Service Commendation Medal
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James Stuart Gilmore III (born October 6, 1949) is an American politician and former attorney who was the 68th Governor of Virginia from 1998 to 2002 and Chairman of the Republican National Committee in 2001.
A native Virginian, Gilmore graduated as a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia, and then served in the U.S. Army as a counterintelligence agent. He was later elected to public office as a county prosecutor, as the Attorney General of Virginia, and as Governor of Virginia.
Gilmore was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2008 and 2016 elections.
As of April 2017, Gilmore is being considered for the position as the United States Ambassador to Germany by the Trump Administration.
Gilmore was born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of Margaret Evelyn (née Kandle), a church secretary, and James Stuart Gilmore, Jr., a grocery store meat cutter. He graduated from John Randolph Tucker High School and received an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in 1971.
In 1971, Gilmore volunteered to serve in the United States Army after attending college, receiving training and preparation for service in the Military Intelligence Corps at the newly created United States Army Intelligence Center at Fort Huachuca in Arizona. Gilmore also received rigorous foreign language education at the United States Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. Gilmore then worked for three years in the early 1970s, in the 650th Military Intelligence Group. Serving in West Germany during the Vietnam War and fluent in German, he served as a U.S. Army Counterintelligence Agent.
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