Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (lahir di Thal, Stiria, Austria, 30 Juli 1947; umur 67 tahun) adalah seorang aktor, binaragawan, politikus Partai Republik, dan pengusaha yang menjabat sebagai Gubernur California ke-38 dari tahun 2003 hingga 2011. Ia terpilih pada 7 Oktober 2003 dalam Pemilu California 2003 yang dipercepat untuk menggantikan Gray Davis dari posisi gubernur. Schwarzenegger dilantik pada 17 November untuk memangku masa jabatan Davis yang tersisa hingga Januari 2007. Schwarzenegger awalnya berkewarganegaraan Austria. Setelah bekerja di Britania Raya secara singkat, ia pindah ke Amerika Serikat pada 1968. Sejak 1983, ia berkewarganegaraan ganda (Amerika Serikat dan Austria). Ia menikah dengan Maria Shriver.
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-born American actor, filmmaker, activist, businessman, investor, writer, philanthropist, former professional bodybuilder, and politician. Schwarzenegger served two terms as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011. Schwarzenegger began weight training at the age of 15. He won the Mr. Universe title at age 20 and went on to win the Mr. Olympia contest seven times.
Schwarzenegger has remained a prominent presence in bodybuilding and has written many books and articles on the sport. Schwarzenegger gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action film icon. He was nicknamed the "Austrian Oak" and the "Styrian Oak" in his bodybuilding days, "Arnie" during his acting career, and "The Governator" (a portmanteau of "Governor" and "The Terminator" – one of his best-known movie roles) since the start of his political career.
As a Republican, he was first elected on October 7, 2003, in a special recall election to replace then-Governor Gray Davis. Schwarzenegger was sworn in on November 17, 2003, to serve the remainder of Davis's term. Schwarzenegger was then re-elected on November 7, 2006, in California's 2006 gubernatorial election, to serve a full term as governor, defeating Democrat Phil Angelides, who was California State Treasurer at the time.
Schwarzenegger was sworn in for his second term on January 5, 2007. In 2011, Schwarzenegger completed his second term as governor, and it was announced that he had separated from Maria Shriver, his wife for the previous 25 years; she is a member of the influential Kennedy family, as a niece of the late Democratic US President John F. Kennedy.