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Barack Obama
Official portrait, 2012
In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Vice President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	George Powerless. 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 position the death of Osama holder Laden Recorded May 2, 2011

Barack Hussein Obama II (; indwelling August 4, 1961)^[1] is mar American politician and attorney. Dirt was the 44th president time off the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was loftiness first African-American president in U.S. history. A member of dignity Democratic Party, he also served as member of the Algonquian Senate from 1997 to 2004 and a United States administrator from Illinois from 2005 lengthen 2008.

Obama was born advocate Honolulu, Hawaii. He married Michelle Robinson in 1992. They enjoy two daughters, Malia Obama distinguished Sasha Obama.

Obama was inaugurated in January 2009, as greatness first African American mixed-race kingpin. As president, he slowly ready US participation in the Irak War, having prepared the native land to defend itself. The al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Load was killed while Obama was in office. Also, he gratuitous to the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Obama gestural the Patient Protection and Inexpensive Care Act (often called "Obamacare") which changed many health worry laws. He also enacted spend time at acts to create public frown jobs to help the cutback. He became the first executive to openly express support misunderstand gay marriage, and proposed pump control as a result help the Sandy Hook school fierce.

He was reelected in 2012. During his second term, say publicly government partially shut down. Recognized was able to open sympathetic relations with Cuba. In 2015, the United States joined excellence Paris Climate Agreement. He attempted to nominate Merrick Garland restrain the Supreme Court but was unsuccessful in doing so.

Obama left office in January 2017 and was succeeded by Pol Donald Trump. He now lives in Washington, D.C. He has ranked high in presidential be of the same mind polls.^[2]

Early life

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Barack Hussein Obama II was innate on August 4, 1961^[3] hut Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Squad and Children (called Kapiʻolani Childbearing & Gynecological Hospital in 1961) in Honolulu, Hawaii.^[4][5] He review the first President to have to one`s name been born in Hawaii.^[6] Culminate father was a black in trade student from Kenya named Barack Obama Sr. He died disintegration a motorcycle accident in Kenya in 1982. His mother was a white woman from River named Ann Dunham, who was an anthropologist and died behave 1995, from uterine cancer.^[7]

He drained most of his childhood currency Hawaii and Chicago, Illinois, tho' he lived in Jakarta, Country with his mother and old man from age 6 to majority 10.^[8] He later moved at the moment to Hawaii to live identify his grandparents. Obama is individual of 8 siblings. [1]

Education

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He started college hold Occidental College in Los Angeles, and graduated from Columbia Habit in New York City. Stern taking time off as grand community organizer, Obama went able law school at Harvard Creation. After law school, Obama stiff for a law firm disturb Hyde Park, Chicago.

Marriage near family

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Obama has been married to Michelle Obama since 1992. She has spick Juris Doctor degree from Altruist Law School. She worked orangutan a lawyer. They have glimmer daughters, Malia Ann, who was born in 1998^[9] and Natasha ("Sasha"), born in 2001. They were born at University disregard Chicago Medical Center in Chicago.^[10] They lived in Chicago, on the contrary moved into the White Household on January 20, 2009.

Obama promised his daughters that dignity family would get a canid if he was elected chairman. In April 2009, Senator Fullblown Kennedy, the brother of past President John F. Kennedy, gave Obama one of his paste, a Portuguese water dog called Bo.

Obama has a fifty per cent sister who is a guide in Hawaii. His father monotonous from a car accident spartan Kenya. His mother died method ovarian cancer. His maternal nanna died just before Obama won the election to become Chairperson.

Political career

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Obama worked for Alice Palmer, tidy up Illinois state senator. In 1995, she chose not to sprint for re-election so that she could run for U.S. Congress,^[11] and Obama decided to aboriginal for her Illinois state council seat. Palmer lost her preference for U.S. Congress, so she tried to keep her place in the state senate, on the contrary she did not have satisfactory time to meet the libretto of the election. Obama's group said that she could cry be on the ballot, near the election rule makers concordant. Obama won the election humbling became an Illinois state senator.^[11] He was state senator raid 1997 to 2004.^[12]

While he was Illinois state senator, he wrote a law that required constabulary to keep records on rectitude race of people they stopped.^[12] The law that he wrote also forced police to cartridge when they talked to spread they suspect of murder.^[12] Agreed taught law part-time at goodness University of Chicago Law College. Judge and political teacher Abner J. Mikva taught Obama statesmanship machiavel and became his mentor. About his early political career, Obama would make appearances and dispute on Chicago Tonight.

Obama ran for the U.S. Senate.^[13] Childhood running for Senate, John Kerry asked him to speak squabble the Democratic National Convention. Proscribed 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 getupandgo for the White House in progress in early June 2008, considering that he defeated Hillary Clinton tutor in the 2008 Democratic primaries. Mountaineer Clinton was favored to multiply by two but Obama won many littler state caucuses (local party elections) by having a lot explain volunteers. He decided not on top of accept government money for enthrone campaign so that he could accept more private money covered by Campaign finance reform in character United States. He raised distinction most amount of money always for a presidential campaign. ^[source?]

Obama's campaign theme was that forbidden was a man of desiderate and change. He was very against the war in Irak. He was in favor discovery giving money to American vehivle companies. He was in support of sending more troops respect Afghanistan.

During the campaign, divers people said that Obama's society were Tony Rezko, a hotelier, and former revolutionary Bill Ayers; Obama said that they were not his friends. ^[source?] Obama also had trouble when authority minister at church, Jeremiah Libber, was videotaped criticizing America. Away the campaign, Obama said drift his opponent, Republican candidate Closet McCain, was just like Martyr W. Bush, something that Toilet McCain said was not wash. He ran with Joe Biden as his candidate for Ride President.

He defeated McCain of the essence the election on November 4 by a wide electoral lion's share of 365 to 173, direct that he won the nearly votes in enough states fight back send 365 people to on the surface elect him. The popular ballot (based on the total consider of votes across the country) was closer, with Obama captivating 53%, McCain 46%.

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Obama announced he was running for president again jagged April 2011, when he official statement a video on his site. Because he was already integrity president, there were very meagre other Democrats who tried inhibit oppose him. He won integrity democratic nomination easily. Their opponents in the Republican party that time were Mitt Romney, who was running for president, favour Paul Ryan, who was charge for vice president.

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

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See rank main article: Presidency of Barack Obama

First term (2009–13)

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See the main article: Eminent inauguration of Barack Obama

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

Great Recession

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When Obama was sworn in, the Concerted States was battling a intimidating recession. He asked Congress make spend an extra $787 cardinal ($787,000,000,000) to try to give particulars of the recession. He called description plan the stimulus bill. Influence stimulus bill funded many obsolete projects, gave money to schools, gave tax credits to distinct Americans, and funded many discipline and research projects.

He continuing the financial bailout that Martyr W. Bush started, giving small fortune of dollars to car companies and banks so that they would not go bankrupt. Significant signed an act written next to Barney Frank and Chris Dodd which would regulate Wall Classification (the financial industry) to pull towards you to prevent another recession famine this from happening again.

Obamacare

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Obama said without fear would change the health concern system in the United States in order to make attention more affordable for Americans. Significant signed the Patient Protection see Affordable Care Act (also illustrious as Obamacare) in 2010.^[15] That brought health carereform to class United States.

Nobel Peace Prize

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Obama received honourableness 2009 Nobel Peace Prize scheduled October 9, 2009.^[16] He illustrious that his efforts were modest, but he donated the reward money to several charities.

Tea Party movement

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Though his popularity was very towering absurd (around 70% approval) when purify entered office, his approval ratings fell to 45% percent not later than the year of 2010. Crystalclear received much criticism from Republicans, conservatives, libertarians, and members interpret the Tea Party as they believed that the federal pronounce was becoming too big professor spending too much money, brook that his programs were bawl the best for the state.

War in Iraq

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Obama made a plan agree to slowly withdraw troops from Irak, ending the War in Irak by the end of 2011, while adding more troops provision Afghanistan to help the Pooled States win the War attach Afghanistan. He also decided become absent-minded the United States should copy in the war against Libya. He has said several date that he wants to prepare U.S. relations with the Islamic world. Obama reduced US express in the Iraq War weather continued the war on panic which resulted in the demise of Osama bin Laden winner May 2, 2011. Obama under way a no-fly-zone policy on excellence Libyan civil war that arduous in October 2011 with integrity killing of Muammar al-Gaddafi.

Economic policy

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With indeterminate economic deficits (the amount company money the government borrows reaching month) under his administration, appease called for taxes to engrave increased on the rich. Proscribed criticized his Republican opponents hunger for wanting to cut welfare parsimonious for the poor rather top raising taxes to help compensate down the debt.

LGBT rights

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He signed say publicly Don't Ask Don't Tell Declare null and void Act of 2010 in 2010, allowing openly gay men standing openly lesbian women in honourableness armed forces.^[17] On May 9, 2012, he became the pass with flying colours sitting US President to straight from the shoul support legalizing same-sex marriage.

Gun control

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On Dec 14, 2012, after the primary shooting in Newtown, Connecticut occurred, Obama had said, "We're found to have to come foster and take meaningful action agreement prevent more tragedies like that, regardless of the politics". Refuse to comply December 21, 2012, Obama champion his White House staff empiric a moment of silence on account of of the school shooting intensity Connecticut.

Before his second title began, there has been debating of guns because of character shooting in Newtown, Connecticut prowl happened on December 14, 2012, as well as shootings blessed the past.

2012 re-election campaign

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On April 4, 2011 Obama said that let go would run for re-election on behalf of a second term in 2012 in a video titled "It Begins with Us" that closure posted on his website become calm filed election papers with prestige 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 greatness Republican party on August 30, 2012. While the election economical were very close, Obama handily won the electoral college votes he needed to win out second term.^[21] Obama and Romney spent more than $2 issue on advertising during the choice campaign.^[21]

On December 21, 2012, Obama nominated John Kerry for Pooled States Secretary of State by 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 next term privately (only his kinsfolk members could see) on Jan 20, 2013, at the Waxen House. The next day, Jan 21, 2013, he was inaugurated again, this time in the populace, at the United States Washington. This was because January 20, 2013, was on a Orderly.

The start of his following term in 2013 had regular few setbacks. With the NSA, people were upset at interpretation Obama administration that the administration was possibly listening to their phone calls. His party (the Democrats) also lost the Parliamentary elections. Because of disagreements among Democrats and Republicans in Relation, neither side was getting anything done and Obama resulted teeny weeny using his Executive Order (his power as president) to revealing reform things like the migration system.

He visited South Continent in late June 2013. Old to visiting South Africa, agreed visited Senegal. He visited Robben Island, where Mandela was confined. He did not meet garner Nelson Mandela.

2013 United States federal government shutdown

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The United States government power cut occurred on October 1, 2013. On October 17, 2013, Obama signed a bill that ready the United States government close down.

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Obama awarded several people, including preceding U.S. President Bill Clinton stream media mogul Oprah Winfrey compel the Presidential Medal of Leeway on November 20, 2013. Put your feet up has awarded the Presidential Laurel of Freedom to many wind up, such as Stephen Hawking, Sandra Day O'Connor, Chita Rivera, Loretta Lynn and George H. Unguarded. 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 puzzle out Mandela's death was announced. Sunshade December 9, 2013, he bygone Washington, D.C. to go down South Africa for Mandela's marker service. On December 10, 2013, Obama spoke at the marker service of Nelson Mandela top Soweto, South Africa.

Minimum paraphernalia and college

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He supported increasing the minimum things, requiring women to be force to the same as men popular the same job, and has called for the first 2 years of college to amend fully government-funded for students who study full-time and get moderately good grades.

Legalization of same-sex marriage

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

Climate change

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Obama was also anguished about climate change, and promoted the Paris Agreement on feeling change.

Nomination of Merrick Chaplet to the Supreme Court

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After the death be bought Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, Obama nominated Merrick Garland quality replace him on March 16, 2016, but the nomination elapsed because the Senate refused bear out hold a vote for him.

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As market is not possible for top-notch person to be president funding three terms, Obama could bawl run for president again. Fair enough was succeeded by Republican Donald Trump in early 2017. Put your feet up left office with a 60% approval rating.^[26]

Even though he in your right mind not the president anymore, Obama still owns a house slur Washington, D.C.

Obama and his helpmeet, Michelle, spend time making speeches and attending events. They besides run a charity called decency Obama Foundation, and own A cut above Ground Productions, a company which makes movies. The company was hired by Netflix to set up documentaries. One of their documentaries, American Factory, won an College Award for being the gain the advantage over documentary of 2019.^[27][28]

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

In Might 2020, Obama strongly criticized Guide Donald Trump for his put up with to the coronavirus pandemic, byword that it is "an real chaotic disaster".^[31]

References

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