| Barack Obama | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2009 | |
| Vice President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | George W. Bush |
| 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 |
| Born | August 4, 1961 [1] Honolulu, Hawaii[2] |
| Birth name | Barack Hussein Obama II[2] |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Michelle Obama (m. 1992) |
| Children | Malia Ann (b. 1998) Natasha (Sasha) (b. 2001) |
| Residence | The White House (official)Chicago, Illinois (private) |
| Alma mater | Occidental College Columbia University (B.A.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Community organizer Lawyer Constitutional law Professor Author |
| Religion | Christian[3] |
| Signature |  |
| Website | The White House Barack Obama |
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Barack Hussein Obama II (/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/ (
listen); born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office, as well as the first president born in Hawaii. Obama previously served as the juniorUnited States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.
Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was acommunity organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional lawat the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.
Obama served three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he ran for United States Senate in 2004. During the campaign, several events brought him to national attention, such as his victory in the March 2004 Democratic primary election for the United States Senator from Illinois as well as his prime-time televised keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He won election to the U.S. Senate in November 2004.
Obama began his run for the presidency in February 2007. After a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primariesagainst Hillary Clinton, he won his party's nomination. In the 2008 general election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain and wasinaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. On October 9, 2009, he was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
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