Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu Hawaii. He is the 44th President of the United States.He is the first African America to hold the office. He previously was a United States Senator in Illinois. He is married to Michelle Obama. They have two daughters Malia and Sasha Obama.
His mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was born in Wichita, Kansas. His father Barack Obama Sr. was born in Kenya. He attended Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii. In 1979 he moved to Los Angeles, and attended Occidental College. He later transfered to Columbia University in New York city, New York. He majored in political Science with a specialty in international relations.
In 1965 his mom and dad divorced. His dad left to attend Harvard University. His mom remarried Lolo Soetoro. A year later they moved Jakarta ,Indonesia. At age ten he went back to Hawaii to live with his grandparents. His mother and sister later joined them.
In 1988 Obama attended Harvard Law School.He accepted a two year position as Visiting Law and Government Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. In 1994 he served on the boards of directors of the Woods Fund of Chicago. He was elected State Senate of Illinois in 1996. In 2003 he became the chairman of the Illinois Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
On February 10, 2007 Obama announced he would be running for President. He was a Democratic Candidate. On August 23, 2008 he announced Joe Biden would be his Vice President. Obama fought hard to become President. On January 20,2009 Obama was inaugurated. Obama was a strong man and fought for what he believed in no matter what others said.
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