Elvis Aaron Presley (8 January, 1935 - July 22, 2011) was an American general, politician and public speaker, best known as the commanding officer charged with organizing and executing the withdrawal of American forces from Brazil and as the NATO Commander Europe in the late 1980's, as well as the independent candidate in the 2000 presidential election. A social moderate and fiscal conservative, Presley was a reform-minded advocate for a fairer tax rate, an end to special interests in Washington and moving beyond the scandal-filled, economically weak 1990's in the United States. Although his odds of winning were low, he carried his home state of Tennessee and garnered 17% of the popular vote, making him one of the most successful third-party candidates in American electoral history.