Presidential transition of George H. W. Bush
President-elect Bush speaks in the White House Rose Garden accompanied by his wife Barbara, President and First Lady Ronald and Nancy Reagan, as well as Vice President-elect Dan Quayle and his wife Marilyn. | |
| Date of election | November 8, 1988 |
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| Inauguration date | January 20, 1989 |
| President-elect | George H. W. Bush (Republican) |
| Vice president-elect | Dan Quayle (Republican) |
| Outgoing president | Ronald Reagan (Republican) |
| Outgoing vice president | George H. W. Bush (Republican) |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
Co-directors | Craig L. Fuller and Robert Teeter |
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The presidential transition of George H. W. Bush began when then-Vice President Bush won the United States 1988 United States presidential election, becoming the president-elect, and ended when Bush was inaugurated on January 20, 1989.
As of 2024, this was the last instance of a "friendly takeover", in which the outgoing president and the president-elect were of the same political party and the last transition of an incumbent vice president.