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Barack Obama | |
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 Official portrait, 2012 | |
| 44th President of the United States | |
| In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 | |
| Vice President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | George W. Bush |
| Succeeded by | Donald Trump |
| United States Senator from Illinois | |
| In office January 3, 2005 – November 16, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Fitzgerald |
| Succeeded by | Roland Burris |
| Member of the Illinois Senate from the 13th district | |
| In office January 8, 1997 – November 4, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Alice Palmer |
| Succeeded by | Kwame Raoul |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Barack Hussein Obama II August 4, 1961 Honolulu, Hawaii U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Obama family |
| Residence | Kalorama, Washington, D.C. |
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| Awards | Awards and honors |
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| Barack Obama delivers remarks on the death of Osama bin Laden Recorded May 2, 2011 | |
Barack Hussein Obama II (/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/ (
listen); born August 4, 1961)[1] is an American politician and attorney. He was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was the first African-American president in U.S. history. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as member of the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004 and a United States senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008.
Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He married Michelle Robinson in 1992. They have two daughters, Malia Obama and Sasha Obama.
Obama was inaugurated in January 2009 as the first African American mixed-race president. As president, he slowly ended US participation in the Iraq War, having prepared the country to defend itself. The al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden was killed while Obama was in office. Also, he contributed to the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (often called "Obamacare") which changed many health care laws. He also enacted many acts to create public works jobs to help the economy. He became the first president to openly express support for gay marriage, and proposed gun control as a result of the Sandy Hook school shooting.
He was reelected in 2012. During his second term, the government partially shut down. He was able to open diplomatic relations with Cuba. In 2015, the United States joined the Paris Climate Agreement. He attempted to nominate Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court but was unsuccessful in doing so.
Obama left office in January 2017 and was succeeded by Republican Donald Trump. He now lives in Washington, D.C. He has ranked high in presidential opinion polls.[2]
- ↑ "Birth Certificate of Barack Obama". Department of Health, Hawaii. PolitiFact.com. August 9, 1961. Archived from the original on October 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
- ↑ "Obama Tops Public's List of Best President in Their Lifetime, Followed by Clinton, Reagan". Pew Research Center - U.S. Politics & Policy. 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2021-04-27.