Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the United States' 44th President from 2009 to 2017. Obama was the first African-American president of the United States and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008, and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004. Prior to joining politics, he worked as a civil rights lawyer.

With his March Senate primary victory, his well-received July Democratic Global Convention keynote address, and his overwhelming November election to the Senate, Obama garnered national notice in 2004. After a tight primary race against Hillary Clinton, he was selected for president by the Democratic Party in 2008, and he chose Joe Biden as his running partner. Obama was inaugurated on January 20, 2009, after defeating Republican contender John McCain in the presidential election. Nine months later, he was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, eliciting both acclaim and condemnation.

Barack Obama was inaugurated as the first African American president on January 20, 2009. Obama was creating history even before becoming the presidency. He attended Harvard Law School, where he became the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. After relocating in Chicago, he entered politics in 2004, defeating Republican Alan Keyes in the first black-and-white U.S. Senate campaign. After gaining national attention, the first-term senator ran for president in 2008. Obama became the first African American to be nominated for president by either major party after a difficult primary victory over Hillary Clinton. He then went on to defeat John McCain in 2008 and won reelection in 2012.

Detailed information:

Full name: Barack Hussein Obama II

Born: February 11, 1962
Notable works:

• 44th President of the United States
• United States Senatorfrom Illinois
• Member of the Illinois Senatefrom the 13th district