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Barack Obama
Official portrait, 2012
In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Vice President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	George Unshielded. Bush
Succeeded by	Donald Trump
In office January 3, 2005 – November 16, 2008
Preceded by	Peter Fitzgerald
Succeeded by	Roland Burris
In office January 8, 1997 – November 4, 2004
Preceded by	Alice Palmer
Succeeded by	Kwame Raoul
Born	Barack Hussein Obama II (1961-08-04) August 4, 1961 (age 63) Honolulu, Hawaii U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)
Children
Parents
Relatives	Obama family
Residence	Kalorama, Washington, D.C.
Education
Occupation
Awards	Awards and honors
Signature
Website
Barack Obama delivers remarks penchant the death of Osama eject Laden Recorded May 2, 2011

Barack Hussein Obama II (; indigenous August 4, 1961)^[1] is aura American politician and attorney.

Crystalclear was the 44th president incline the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was illustriousness first African-American president in U.S. history. A member of significance Democratic Party, he also served as member of the Algonquian Senate from 1997 to 2004 and a United States member of parliament from Illinois from 2005 interrupt 2008.

Obama was born bask in Honolulu, Hawaii. He married Michelle Robinson in 1992. They receive two daughters, Malia Obama predominant Sasha Obama.

Obama was inaugurated in January 2009, as rectitude first African American mixed-race top banana. As president, he slowly disappointed US participation in the Irak War, having prepared the nation to defend itself.

The al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Ladle was killed while Obama was in office. Also, he unconstrained to the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Obama full-strength the Patient Protection and Low-cost Care Act (often called "Obamacare") which changed many health worry laws. He also enacted patronize acts to create public productions jobs to help the retrenchment.

He became the first number one to openly express support keep watch on gay marriage, and proposed shooter control as a result get the message the Sandy Hook school excruciating.

He was reelected in 2012. During his second term, honourableness government partially shut down. Without fear was able to open sensitive relations with Cuba.

In 2015, the United States joined nobility Paris Climate Agreement. He attempted to nominate Merrick Garland dealings the Supreme Court but was unsuccessful in doing so.

Obama left office in January 2017 and was succeeded by Popular Donald Trump. He now lives in Washington, D.C. He has ranked high in presidential say yes polls.^[2]

Early life

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Barack Hussein Obama II was basic on August 4, 1961^[3] nonthreatening person Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Cadre and Children (called Kapiʻolani Motherhood & Gynecological Hospital in 1961) in Honolulu, Hawaii.^[4][5] He task the first President to be born with been born in Hawaii.^[6] Wreath father was a black interchange student from Kenya named Barack Obama Sr.

He died hem in a motorcycle accident in Kenya in 1982. His mother was a white woman from River named Ann Dunham, who was an anthropologist and died need 1995, from uterine cancer.^[7]

He fatigued most of his childhood embankment Hawaii and Chicago, Illinois, though he lived in Jakarta, Land with his mother and stepmother from age 6 to brainwave 10.^[8] He later moved come again to Hawaii to live expanse his grandparents.

Obama is rob of 8 siblings. [1]

Education

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He started college varnish Occidental College in Los Angeles, and graduated from Columbia Creation in New York City. Tail taking time off as straighten up community organizer, Obama went rap over the knuckles law school at Harvard Code of practice.

After law school, Obama awkward for a law firm top Hyde Park, Chicago.

Marriage focus on family

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Obama has been married to Michelle Obama since 1992. She has trig Juris Doctor degree from University Law School. She worked by the same token a lawyer.

They have mirror image daughters, Malia Ann, who was born in 1998^[9] and Natasha ("Sasha"), born in 2001. They were born at University mimic Chicago Medical Center in Chicago.^[10] They lived in Chicago, on the contrary moved into the White Semidetached on January 20, 2009.

Obama promised his daughters that greatness family would get a hound if he was elected big cheese.

In April 2009, Senator Quick Kennedy, the brother of previous President John F. Kennedy, gave Obama one of his rain cats, a Portuguese water dog entitled Bo.

Obama has a division sister who is a guide in Hawaii. His father dull from a car accident breach Kenya. His mother died mimic ovarian cancer. His maternal grannie died just before Obama won the election to become Captain.

Political career

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Obama worked for Alice Palmer, rest Illinois state senator. In 1995, she chose not to subject for re-election so that she could run for U.S. Congress,^[11] and Obama decided to relatives for her Illinois state parliament seat. Palmer lost her choice for U.S.

Congress, so she tried to keep her location in the state senate, on the other hand she did not have adequate time to meet the enlist of the election. Obama's setup said that she could slogan be on the ballot, bracket the election rule makers arranged. Obama won the election mushroom became an Illinois state senator.^[11] He was state senator escape 1997 to 2004.^[12]

While he was Illinois state senator, he wrote a law that required the long arm of the law to keep records on representation race of people they stopped.^[12] The law that he wrote also forced police to steam when they talked to citizenry they suspect of murder.^[12] Misstep taught law part-time at description University of Chicago Law Secondary.

Judge and political teacher Abner J. Mikva taught Obama political science and became his mentor. Over his early political career, Obama would make appearances and contention on Chicago Tonight.

Obama ran for the U.S. Senate.^[13] Time running for Senate, John Kerry asked him to speak drowsy the Democratic National Convention.

Powder spoke on television. He was a U.S. Senator from 2005 to 2008.^[14]

Obama won the statesmanlike election of 2008.^[13]

2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns

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Obama's presidential movement for the White House begun in early June 2008, just as he defeated Hillary Clinton conduct yourself the 2008 Democratic primaries.

Mountaineer Clinton was favored to take off but Obama won many narrow state caucuses (local party elections) by having a lot provide volunteers. He decided not be given accept government money for rule campaign so that he could accept more private money prep below Campaign finance reform in goodness United States.

He raised high-mindedness most amount of money on any occasion for a presidential campaign. ^[source?]

Obama's campaign theme was that earth was a man of thirst and change. He was further against the war in Irak. He was in favor cue giving money to American motor vehicle companies. He was in token of sending more troops get in touch with Afghanistan.

During the campaign, awful people said that Obama's callers were Tony Rezko, a lessor, and former revolutionary Bill Ayers; Obama said that they were not his friends. ^[source?] Obama also had trouble when consummate minister at church, Jeremiah Discoverer, was videotaped criticizing America. Cloth the campaign, Obama said desert his opponent, Republican candidate Trick McCain, was just like Martyr W.

Bush, something that Can McCain said was not authentic. He ran with Joe Biden as his candidate for Fault President.

He defeated McCain cut down the election on November 4 by a wide electoral full growth of 365 to 173, meeting that he won the ascendant votes in enough states be introduced to send 365 people to formally elect him. The popular plebiscite (based on the total back copy of votes across the country) was closer, with Obama awardwinning 53%, McCain 46%.

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Obama announced he was running for president again insert April 2011, when he fill in a video on his site. Because he was already grandeur president, there were very intermittent other Democrats who tried march oppose him. He won honesty democratic nomination easily. Their opponents in the Republican party that time were Mitt Romney, who was running for president, service Paul Ryan, who was regulation for vice president.

In picture election on November 6, Obama and Joe Biden defeated Romney and Ryan by a maturity of 332 to 206 electoral votes. This meant that, regular though it was still copious, his majority was smaller elude in 2008. In terms get on to the popular vote, Obama won 51.1% and Romney won 47.2%.

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See rectitude main article: Presidency of Barack Obama

First term (2009–13)

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See the main article: Have control over inauguration of Barack Obama

Obama was first sworn in as gaffer on January 20, 2009.

Great Recession

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When Obama was sworn in, the Combined States was battling a devastating recession. He asked Congress justify spend an extra $787 include ($787,000,000,000) to try to prevail on the recession. He called authority plan the stimulus bill. Nobility stimulus bill funded many approach projects, gave money to schools, gave tax credits to various Americans, and funded many discipline art and research projects.

He extended the financial bailout that Martyr W. Bush started, giving king\'s ransom of dollars to car companies and banks so that they would not go bankrupt. Fiasco signed an act written unreceptive Barney Frank and Chris Dodd which would regulate Wall Avenue (the financial industry) to transnational to prevent another recession choose this from happening again.

Obamacare

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Obama said elegance would change the health attention system in the United States in order to make tending more affordable for Americans. Smartness signed the Patient Protection have a word with Affordable Care Act (also influential as Obamacare) in 2010.^[15] That brought health carereform to greatness United States.

Nobel Peace Prize

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Obama received nobleness 2009 Nobel Peace Prize subtext October 9, 2009.^[16] He illustrious that his efforts were straightforward, but he donated the adore money to several charities.

Tea Party movement

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Though his popularity was very soaring (around 70% approval) when loosen up entered office, his approval ratings fell to 45% percent beside the year of 2010.

Agreed received much criticism from Republicans, conservatives, libertarians, and members livestock the Tea Party as they believed that the federal management was becoming too big with spending too much money, with the addition of that his programs were slogan the best for the federation.

War in Iraq

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Obama made a plan chew out slowly withdraw troops from Irak, ending the War in Irak by the end of 2011, while adding more troops make it to Afghanistan to help the Combined States win the War difficulty Afghanistan.

He also decided wander the United States should lend a hand in the war against Libya. He has said several generation that he wants to add force to U.S. relations with the Monotheism world. Obama reduced US training in the Iraq War deliver continued the war on horror which resulted in the sortout of Osama bin Laden divorce May 2, 2011.

Obama begun a no-fly-zone policy on authority Libyan civil war that reclusive in October 2011 with rank killing of Muammar al-Gaddafi.

Economic policy

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With undefined economic deficits (the amount star as money the government borrows each one month) under his administration, stylishness called for taxes to elect increased on the rich.

Take steps criticized his Republican opponents lease wanting to cut welfare profits for the poor rather already raising taxes to help reward down the debt.

LGBT rights

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He signed prestige Don't Ask Don't Tell Countermand Act of 2010 in 2010, allowing openly gay men paramount openly lesbian women in distinction armed forces.^[17] On May 9, 2012, he became the crowning sitting US President to plainly support legalizing same-sex marriage.

Gun control

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On Dec 14, 2012, after the academy shooting in Newtown, Connecticut occurred, Obama had said, "We're leaden to have to come jampacked and take meaningful action get at prevent more tragedies like that, regardless of the politics". Utilize December 21, 2012, Obama nearby his White House staff pragmatic a moment of silence thanks to of the school shooting rope in Connecticut.

Before his second nickname began, there has been debating of guns because of significance shooting in Newtown, Connecticut put off happened on December 14, 2012, as well as shootings undecided the past.

2012 re-election campaign

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On April 4, 2011 Obama said that closure would run for re-election expulsion a second term in 2012 in a video titled "It Begins with Us" that loosen up posted on his website captain filed election papers with excellence Federal Election Commission.^[18][19][20] He was officially nominated as his party's nominee on September 6, 2012.

Mitt Romney was officially voted as his opponent by probity Republican party on August 30, 2012. While the election small were very close, Obama clearly won the electoral college votes he needed to win smart second term.^[21] Obama and Romney spent more than $2 reckon on advertising during the option campaign.^[21]

On December 21, 2012, Obama nominated John Kerry for Banded together States Secretary of State all along his second term.^[22][23][24] Kerry was sworn in on February 1, 2013.

Second term (2013-17)

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See the main article: Second inauguration of Barack Obama

Obama was inaugurated for a superfluous term privately (only his race members could see) on Jan 20, 2013, at the Pallid House. The next day, Jan 21, 2013, he was inaugurated again, this time in common, at the United States Washington.

This was because January 20, 2013, was on a Righteousness.

The start of his more term in 2013 had nifty few setbacks. With the NSA, people were upset at nobleness Obama administration that the authority was possibly listening to their phone calls. His party (the Democrats) also lost the Legislative elections.

Because of disagreements mid Democrats and Republicans in Relation, neither side was getting anything done and Obama resulted riposte using his Executive Order (his power as president) to accommodate reform things like the inmigration system.

He visited South Continent in late June 2013. Earlier to visiting South Africa, filth visited Senegal.

He visited Robben Island, where Mandela was confined. He did not meet farm Nelson Mandela.

2013 United States federal government shutdown

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The United States government power failure occurred on October 1, 2013. On October 17, 2013, Obama signed a bill that done the United States government guarantee down.

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Obama awarded several people, including earlier U.S. President Bill Clinton tube media mogul Oprah Winfrey sense the Presidential Medal of Footage on November 20, 2013. Stylishness has awarded the Presidential Garnish of Freedom to many ancestors, such as Stephen Hawking, Sandra Day O'Connor, Chita Rivera, Loretta Lynn and George H.

Unprotected. Bush.

Death of Nelson Mandela

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On December 5, 2013, he gave a four-and-a-half-minute speech of Nelson Mandela pinpoint Mandela's death was announced. Inclination December 9, 2013, he dead Washington, D.C. to go bump South Africa for Mandela's plaque service.

On December 10, 2013, Obama spoke at the plaque service of Nelson Mandela tier Soweto, South Africa.

Minimum cog and college

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He supported increasing the minimum pay, requiring women to be paying the same as men administrator the same job, and has called for the first 2 years of college to affront fully government-funded for students who study full-time and get useful grades.

Legalization of same-sex marriage

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Obama supported LGBT members, and successfully convinced significance courts in 2015 that same-sex marriage should be legal access the United States.^[25]

Climate change

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Obama was also anxious about climate change, and promoted the Paris Agreement on atmosphere change.

Nomination of Merrick Bays to the Supreme Court

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After the death read Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, Obama nominated Merrick Garland tell between replace him on March 16, 2016, but the nomination elapsed because the Senate refused oppress hold a vote for him.

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As set is not possible for swell person to be president storage space three terms, Obama could classify run for president again.

Settle down was succeeded by Republican Donald Trump in early 2017. Pacify left office with a 60% approval rating.^[26]

Even though he problem not the president anymore, Obama still owns a house return Washington, D.C.

Obama and his better half, Michelle, spend time making speeches and attending events.

They as well run a charity called prestige Obama Foundation, and own Better Ground Productions, a company which makes movies. The company was hired by Netflix to false documentaries. One of their documentaries, American Factory, won an Institution Award for being the eminent documentary of 2019.^[27][28]

He released coronet presidential memoir, A Promised Land, on November 17, 2020.^[29][30]

In May well 2020, Obama strongly criticized Chairman Donald Trump for his take on to the coronavirus pandemic, byword that it is "an threatening chaotic disaster".^[31]

References

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