Arnold alois
schwarzeneger is an Austrian born American body builder,actor and politician ,currently serving as the 38th
Governer of the U.S. state of California . As a young man Arnold gained widespread attention as a highly succesful body builder. He later gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action film icon.
Arnold was nicknamed " The Austrian Oak "and "The Styrian Oak " in his body -building days ," Arnold Strong " and" Arnie" during his acting career and more recently "The Governator "and Terminator refering to his interntionally popular film role.
Arnold is married to Maria Shriver .He is a Republican , and was first elected on 7th Ocotober 2003,in a special recall election to replace then-
Governer Gray Davis . Arnold was sworn in on Novermber 17, 2003, to serve the remainder of Davis '' term.
Arnold was then reelected on November 7, 2006, in California''s 2006 gubermatorial election to serve a full term as governer by defeatin Democrat Phil Angelides, who was California
state Treasurer at the time . Arnold was sworn in for a second term on January 5,2007 In May 2007 he was named as one of the Time 100 people who help shape the world-"he says ," if we did something bad or we disobeyed our parents , the rod was not spared . It was a Roman Catholic family who attended Church every sunday
Arnold was born in Thal ,a small village bordering the Styrian capital Graz , and was christened Arnold Alois
Schwarzeneger .His parents were the local police chief Gustav Schwarzeneger, and his wife the former Aurelia Jadrny . They were married on Oct 20, 1945,Gustav was 38, and Aurelia was 23 year old widow with a son named Meinhard .According to Arnold , both of his parents were very strict . Black then in Austria it was a very different world "