Barack Obama From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Barack" and "Obama" redirect here. For other uses, see Barack (disambiguation) and Obama (disambiguation). Barack Obama Obama standing with his arms folded and smiling 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 (age 56) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. Political party Democratic Spouse(s) Michelle Robinson (m. 1992) Children Malia Sasha Parents Barack Obama Sr. Ann Dunham Relatives See Family of Barack Obama Education Harvard University (JD) Columbia University (BA) Occidental College (transferred) Awards Nobel Peace Prize (2009) Profile in Courage Award (2017) Signature Website Office of Barack and Michelle Obama Obama Foundation Organizing for Action White House Archives (archived) President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg This article is part of a series about Barack Obama Political positions Electoral history Early life and career Family Public image Illinois State Senator U.S. Senator from Illinois 44th President of the United States Presidency Timeline Policies Economy Energy Foreign policy Obama Doctrine Foreign trips Pardons Social Space Appointments Cabinet Judges First term Campaign for the Presidency 2008 General election Primaries Transition 1st inauguration First 100 days Affordable Care Act Iraq Withdrawal Death of Osama bin Laden Timeline: '09 '10 '11 '12 Second term Reelection campaign 2012 General election Reactions 2nd inauguration Immigration executive action Iran deal Cuban thaw Timeline: '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 Post-Presidency Planned Library One America Appeal Dreams from My Father The Audacity of Hope Nobel Peace Prize Seal of the President of the United States.svg v t e Part of a series on New Democrats Barack Obama and Bill Clinton Ideology[show] People[hide] Bruce Babbitt Evan Bayh John Carney Tom Carper Lawton Chiles Bill Clinton Hillary Clinton Gerry Connolly Jim Davis Susan Davis Cal Dooley John Edwards Harold Ford Jr. Al From Dick Gephardt Al Gore Bob Graham Jim Himes John Kerry Ron Kind Mary Landrieu Rick Larsen Joe Lieberman Blanche Lincoln Will Marshall Jim Moran Sam Nunn Barack Obama Jared Polis Chuck Robb Timothy J. Roemer Paul Tsongas Allyson Schwartz Adam Smith Organizations[show] A coloured voting box.svg Politics portal v t e Barack Hussein Obama II (/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/ (About this sound listen);[1] born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. The first African American to assume the presidency, he previously was the junior United States Senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008. He also served in the Illinois State Senate from 1997 until 2004. Obama was born in 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii, two years after the territory was admitted to the Union as the 50th state. Raised largely in Hawaii, Obama also spent one year of his childhood in Washington State and four years in Indonesia. After graduating from Columbia University in New York City in 1983, he worked as a community organizer in Chicago. In 1988 Obama enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. After graduation, he became a civil rights attorney and professor, and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Obama represented the 13th District for three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, when he ran for the U.S. Senate. Obama received national attention in 2004 with his unexpected March primary win, his well-received July Democratic National Convention keynote address, and his landslide November election to the Senate. In 2008, Obama was nominated for president a year after his campaign began and after a close primary campaign against Hillary Clinton. He was elected over Republican John McCain and was inaugurated on January 20, 2009. Nine months later, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, accepting the award with the caveat that he felt there were others "far more deserving of this honor than I."

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