If so, why did the voters choose to elect someone else?
2006-08-11 06:46:48 · 6 answers · asked by osunumberonefan 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Kissinger cannot run for president since he was not born in the United States.
2006-08-11 06:49:50 · answer #1 · answered by Crusader1189 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from wikipedia....
Requirements to hold office
The president must be a natural-born citizen of the United States (or a citizen of the United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States
from another site...
Dr. Kissinger was born in Fuerth, Germany, on May 27, 1923, came to the United States in 1938, and was naturalised a United States citizen on June 19, 1943.
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1973/kissinger-bio.html
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Kissinger did not meet the requirements.
2006-08-11 13:55:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Henry Kissinger is not a natural born American citizen, so he is not eligible for the presidency. So of course he did not run.
2006-08-11 13:50:52 · answer #3 · answered by Dave C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No he did not as he was foreign born. American constitution prevents those born abroad of foreign parents to contest and become president.
2006-08-11 13:51:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He never did and was not an american born citizen .
THIS and other factors prevented him from the presidency.
2006-08-11 13:51:43 · answer #5 · answered by playtoofast 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2006-08-11 13:57:05 · answer #6 · answered by rhino9joe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋