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Michele Marie Bachmann (;〔A pronunciation of would be closer to the German original, and some English speakers may use it, but for most (including Bachmann ) is pronounced after a vowel.〕 née Amble; born April 6, 1956) is an American politician. A Republican, she is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, who represented , a post she held from 2007 to 2015. The district includes several of the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities, as well as St. Cloud. She was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2012 U.S. presidential election,〔("Bachmann Eyeing Presidency" ), Fox News, March 24, 2011〕 winning the Ames Straw Poll in August 2011 but dropping out in January 2012 after finishing in sixth place in the Iowa caucuses. Bachmann previously served in the Minnesota State Senate and is the first Republican woman to represent the state in Congress. She is a supporter of the Tea Party movement and a founder of the House Tea Party Caucus. ==Early life, education, and early career== Bachmann was born Michele Marie Amble in Waterloo, Iowa, "into a family of Norwegian Lutheran Democrats";〔("Bachmann Talks about 2012" ), ''The Des Moines Register'', October 20, 2009.〕 her family moved from Iowa to Minnesota when she was 13 years old.〔Ode, Kim (July 22, 2007), ("Michele Bachmann: Watching her step" ), ''Star Tribune'' (Minneapolis), retrieved 25 April 2015.〕 After her parents divorced, Bachmann's father, David John Amble, moved to California, and Bachmann was raised by her mother, Arlene Jean (née Johnson), who worked at the First National Bank in Anoka, Minnesota.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michele Bachmann ancestry )〕 Her mother remarried when Bachmann was a teenager; the new marriage resulted in a family with nine children. She graduated from Anoka High School in 1974 and, after graduation, spent one summer working on kibbutz Be'eri in Israel.〔Mitelman, Jenna (March 24, 2010), ("Michele Bachmann on her love for Israel, and considering herself Jewish" ), ''TC Jewfolk'', retrieved March 26, 2011〕 In 1978, she graduated from Winona State University with a B.A. In 1979, Bachmann was a member of the first class of the O. W. Coburn School of Law, then a part of Oral Roberts University (ORU).〔 While there, Bachmann studied with John Eidsmoe, whom she described in 2011 as "one of the professors who had a great influence on me".〔 Bachmann worked as a research assistant on Eidsmoe's 1987 book ''Christianity and the Constitution'', which argues that the United States was founded as a Christian theocracy, and should become one again.〔〔〔 In 1986 Bachmann received a J.D. degree from Oral Roberts University.〔 She was a member of the final graduating class of the law school at ORU, and was part of a group of faculty, staff, and students who moved the ORU law school library to what is now Regent University. In 1988, Bachmann received an LL.M. degree in tax law from the William & Mary Law School.〔 From 1988 to 1993, she was an attorney working for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).〔 She left her position with the IRS to become a full-time mother〔Duchschere, Kevin (January 1, 2005). "Senator, mother, rising star". ''Star Tribune'' (Minneapolis).〕 when her fourth child was born. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michele Bachmann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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