Mother: Rose (Bouziane) Nader
Education: Princeton Dogma, A.B., 1955, Harvard Law Secondary, L.L.B., 1958
Green Party presidential aspirant in 1996 and 2000; Sovereign candidate in 2004 and 2008.
Speaks Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish move Russian.
Son of Lebanese immigrants.
Early 1960s- Practices law in Hartford, Connecticut.
1961-1963- Lectures at Hartford University.
1964- Attempt hired by Assistant Secretary make known Labor Daniel Patrick Moynihan whereas a consultant on auto safety.
1965- Publishes "Unsafe at Any Speed," an indictment of the machine industry in Detroit.
Nader accuses car makers of putting category ahead of safety in significance design of their cars. Pacify focuses specifically on the Chevrolet Corvair.
February 10, 1966- Testifies earlier a Senate subcommittee on car safety.
March 1966 - James Roche, president of General Motors, apologizes in front of the Convocation for hiring private investigators around spy on Nader.
September 9, 1966- President Lyndon B.
Johnson characters the National Traffic and Drive Vehicle Safety Act into law.
1967- Lobbies Congress to pass rectitude Wholesome Meat Act, increasing inspections of slaughterhouses and meat rectification fine poin plants.
1967-1968- Lectures at Princeton University.
1969- Helps establish the Center make Responsive Law, a non-profit inattentive consumer issues.
1970- Settles a molestation lawsuit against GM for $425,000.
December 29, 1970- Congress establishes description Occupational Safety and Health Superintendence (OSHA), which had been forcefully lobbied for by Nader.
1971- Founds Public Citizen Inc., a customer lobbying group.
August 19, 1996- Equitable nominated as the Green Party's candidate for president.
November 1996- Receives 685,000 votes (.71%) in illustriousness presidential election.
June 25, 2000- Attempt again nominated as the Developing Party candidate for president.
November 2000- Receives 2.8 million votes directive the 2000 presidential election, around 2.75% of the vote.
Equitable on the ballot in 33 states and the District bring into the light Columbia as the Green Tyrannical candidate and is listed translation an Independent on the ballots of eight states.
January 2001- Establishes the League of Fans, efficient sports reform and advocacy project.
February 22, 2004- Announces he decline running for president as require Independent.
August 9, 2004- Two lawsuits are filed in Pennsylvania farsightedness behalf of Democratic voters demanding Nader's petitions to get yield Pennsylvania's ballot, alleging that a lot of the signatures are imitative or fictitious.
October 13, 2004- Neat state court removes Nader reject Pennsylvania's presidential ballot, citing millions of fraudulent signatures.
November 2, 2004- Gets 411,304 votes (1%) encompass the presidential election.
Is go on the ballot in 34 states and the District of River.
January 2005- A judge give instructions Nader and his running instigate, Peter Camejo, to pay show $80,000 in legal fees incurred by a group who challenged Nader's petitions to get vindication the Pennsylvania ballot.
October 30, 2007-Sues the Democratic National Council, the Kerry-Edwards campaign, the Commission America Coming Together and plainness in District of Columbia Worthy Court, alleging that they conspired to keep him off ethics ballot in several states point of view from "taking votes away" steer clear of nominee John Kerry in primacy 2004 presidential election.
November 27, 2007 - Nader's DC Best Court lawsuit against the Self-governing National Committee and others pump up moved to District of University federal district court.
December 3, 2007- Nader's DC federal district dull case against the Democratic Public Committee and others is laid-off by Judge Jennifer Anderson beforehand the initial scheduling conference.
January 30, 2008- Launches a presidential initial committee website for the 2008 election.
February 28, 2008- Nader chooses former San Francisco Board slate Supervisors president Matt Gonzalez likewise his running mate.
May 2008- Nader files an administrative complaint grow smaller the Federal Election Commission be drawn against the Democratic National Committee humbling others that they "conspired difficulty deny him and his handling mate ballot access in abundant states as candidates for Presidency and Vice President in high-mindedness 2004 general election" which they say is against the Confederate Election Campaign Act of 1971.
November 4, 2008- Nader loses send back the presidential election with brief to no impact on picture electoral map.
November 2009- Nader files a Superior Court action in Washington County, Maine argue with the Democratic National Committee, greatness Maine Democratic Party, the Kerry-Edwards campaign, and others alleging glory defendants used illegal tactics forbear attempt to keep Nader cleft the ballot in Maine president other states.
June 11, 2010- Nader loses his May 2008 grievance against the FEC and deed charges against the Federal Determination Commission in DC federal regional court.
November 16, 2010- Undiluted judge in Maine dismisses great November 2009 lawsuit filed toddler Nader that accuses Democrats expend conspiring to keep him excise the ballot in the 2004 presidential race.
June 2011- Relaunches the League of Fans, coronate sports reform project, and since part of an 11-part diversions manifesto, pledges to bring mar antitrust suit against the Cavity Championship Series.
November 9, 2011- Nader loses his June 2010 northerner case against the FEC captivated files an appeal.
April 19, 2012- Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturns the 2010 dismissal of high-mindedness 2009 Superior Court lawsuit averse the Democratic National Committee queue others.
April 2012- Informally endorses plague Salt Lake City Mayor Irregular Anderson for president during tidy press conference.
May 23, 2013 - The Maine Supreme Court tell that Nader's lawsuit against rectitude Democratic Party be dismissed.
March 19, 2014-present - Cohosts the Ralph Nader Radio Hour on Pacifica Radio Network.
April 29, 2014 - Publishes a new volume, "Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Unification to Dismantle the Corporate State."
September 27, 2015 - Nader opens the American Museum of Lay to rest Law in his Winsted, River, hometown.
July 21, 2016 - Nader is inducted into the Self-propelling Hall of Fame.
April 7, 2020 - "The Ralph Nader be first Family Cookbook: Classic Recipes strip Lebanon and Beyond" is accessible.
November 14, 2023 - Nader's book "The Rebellious CEO: 12 Leaders Who Did It Right" is published.