The President of the United States during 1980 was James Earl (Jimmy) Carter. Ronald Wilson Reagan was elected in November of 1980, and took office in January 1981. He was re-elected in 1984, and served until January 1989, when George Herbert Walker Bush was sworn in.
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George W. Bush
Late 1979 and all of 1980
President Harry S. Truman died in 1980.
Late 1979 and all of 1980
John B. Anderson ran for president in 1980, and was an independent.
Late 1979 in the UK; early 1980 in the US.
Jimmy Carter was defeated by Ronald Reagan in the election of November 1980
idfk!
It was controversial because he wasn't elected US President UNTIL 1980!
If my memory serves me right it was in the late 1980's.
Primarily US/USSR
Reagan was president during the Iran-Iraq War in the Persian Gulf (1980-1988).