Republican candidate Donald Trump was elected to be the 45th President of the United States. The eccentric billionaire managed to get ahead in the presidential race against rival Democrat, Hillary Clinton. A New York real estate mogul, a reality TV star and a politician - Donald Trump's life in pictures in this photo gallery.
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Real estate developer Donald Trump after annoucement to build a $100 million dollar Regency Hotel, 1976
© John Pedin/NY Daily News via Getty Images Donald Trump and his father Fred Trump at opening of Wollman Rink, 1987
© Dennis Caruso/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images Donald Trump displays an artist's concept of a vast complex called Television City in New York, 1985
© AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler Donald Trump poses with about half of the competing State Misses on board his yacht in Atlantic City, 1988
© AP Photo/Jack Kanthal Donald Trump with his first wife, Ivana board their yacht "The Trump Princess" in New York, 1988
© AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka at tennis match during the US Open in New York, 1994
© AP Photo/Roh Frehm Donald Trump and his second wife Marla Maples leaving hospital with their newborn baby girl, Tiffany, 1993
© AP Photo Donald Trump on the 11th green of his newly acquired Ocean Trails Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, 2002
© AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes Donald Trump looks out at the construction site of his 92 story tower along the Chicago river, 2006
© AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast Donald Trump with his third wife, Melania, and their son, Barron, after he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, 2007
© AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes Donald and Melania Trump, applauded by Ivanka Trump, as he is introduced before his announcement that he will run for president in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, 2015
© AP Photo/Richard Drew Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shake hands during the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, 2016
© Joe Raedle/Pool via AP President-elect Donald Trump gives his acceptance speech during his election night rally, Nov. 9, 2016
© AP Photo/John Locher