Is an American physician, author, and a representative of the United States Republican Party. He has been an outspoken critic of American foreign and monetary policies, recognised for sharply opposing his own party on many issues.Paul serves on the House Committees on Foreign Affairs and Financial Services, and on the Joint Economic Committee, as well as chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Paul is a graduate of Gettysburg College and Duke University School of Medicine, where he earned his medical degree. He served as a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force from 1963 until 1968. He worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist during the 1960s and 1970s, delivering more than 4,000 babies, before entering politics in 1976.

Ron Paul is a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination.