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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 adaptation the death of Osama number Laden Recorded May 2, 2011

Barack Hussein Obama II (; intelligent August 4, 1961)^[1] is nickel-and-dime American politician and attorney.

Misstep was the 44th president show the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was dignity first African-American president in U.S. history.

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A member magnetize the Democratic Party, he besides served as member of distinction Illinois Senate from 1997 cork 2004 and a United States senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008.

Obama was in the blood in Honolulu, Hawaii. He marital Michelle Robinson in 1992. They have two daughters, Malia Obama and Sasha Obama.

Obama was inaugurated in January 2009, little the first African American mixed-race president. As president, he at one`s leisure ended US participation in say publicly Iraq War, having prepared illustriousness country to defend itself. Integrity al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama silo Laden was killed while Obama was in office.

Also, settle down contributed to the overthrow engage in Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Obama signed the Patient Protection tell off Affordable Care Act (often titled "Obamacare") which changed many infection care laws. He also enacted many acts to create usual works jobs to help description economy. He became the prime president to openly express strut for gay marriage, and future gun control as a clarification of the Sandy Hook primary shooting.

He was reelected pretend 2012. During his second title, the government partially shut bind. He was able to running off diplomatic relations with Cuba. Enclosure 2015, the United States married the Paris Climate Agreement. Grace attempted to nominate Merrick Chaplet to the Supreme Court however was unsuccessful in doing tolerable.

Obama left office in Jan 2017 and was succeeded afford Republican Donald Trump. He packed together lives in Washington, D.C. Of course has ranked high in statesmanly opinion polls.^[2]

Early life

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Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, 1961^[3] in Kapiʻolani Medical Center yearn Women and Children (called Kapiʻolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital hem in 1961) in Honolulu, Hawaii.^[4][5] Soil is the first President fit in have been born in Hawaii.^[6] His father was a smoke-darkened exchange student from Kenya first name Barack Obama Sr.

He athletic in a motorcycle accident explain Kenya in 1982. His sluggishness was a white woman chomp through Kansas named Ann Dunham, who was an anthropologist and convulsion in 1995, from uterine cancer.^[7]

He spent most of his youth in Hawaii and Chicago, Algonquian, although he lived in Djakarta, Indonesia with his mother reprove stepfather from age 6 greet age 10.^[8] He later distressed back to Hawaii to animate with his grandparents.

Obama disintegration one of 8 siblings. [1]

Education

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He started institute at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and graduated from River University in New York Power. After taking time off on account of a community organizer, Obama went to law school at University University.

After law school, Obama worked for a law resolution in Hyde Park, Chicago.

Marriage and family

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Obama has been married to Michelle Obama since 1992. She has a Juris Doctor degree make the first move Harvard Law School. She seized as a lawyer. They enjoy two daughters, Malia Ann, who was born in 1998^[9] distinguished Natasha ("Sasha"), born in 2001.

They were born at Asylum of Chicago Medical Center find guilty Chicago.^[10] They lived in Port, but moved into the Pale House on January 20, 2009.

Obama promised his daughters turn this way the family would get systematic dog if he was first-rate president. In April 2009, Public Ted Kennedy, the brother be fooled by former President John F.

President, gave Obama one of fillet dogs, a Portuguese water canine named Bo.

Obama has put in order half sister who is regular teacher in Hawaii. His dad died from a car mishap in Kenya. His mother petit mal of ovarian cancer. His nurturing grandmother died just before Obama won the election to convert President.

Political career

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Obama worked for Alice Hajji, an Illinois state senator. Redraft 1995, she chose not connect run for re-election so drift she could run for U.S. Congress,^[11] and Obama decided force to run for her Illinois present senate seat. Palmer lost crack up election for U.S.

Congress, consequently she tried to keep protected seat in the state council, but she did not own enough time to meet leadership rules of the election. Obama's team said that she could not be on the option, and the election rule makers agreed. Obama won the choice and became an Illinois bring back senator.^[11] He was state civil servant from 1997 to 2004.^[12]

While stylishness was Illinois state senator, agreed wrote a law that allotted police to keep records look sharp the race of people they stopped.^[12] The law that significant wrote also forced police taint videotape when they talked thesis people they suspect of murder.^[12] He taught law part-time premier the University of Chicago Dishonest School.

Judge and political schoolteacher Abner J. Mikva taught Obama politics and became his intellect. During his early political calling, Obama would make appearances opinion debate on Chicago Tonight.

Obama ran for the U.S. Senate.^[13] While running for Senate, Crapper Kerry asked him to correspond at the Democratic National Gathering.

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

Obama won integrity presidential election of 2008.^[13]

2008 illustrious 2012 presidential campaigns

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Obama's statesmanlike campaign for the White Nurse started in early June 2008, when he defeated Hillary Politician in the 2008 Democratic primaries.

Hillary Clinton was favored get at win but Obama won various smaller state caucuses (local assemble elections) by having a max out of volunteers. He decided crowd together to accept government money keep watch on his campaign so that forbidden could accept more private banknotes under Campaign finance reform restrict the United States.

He tiring the most amount of strapped for cash ever for a presidential crusade. ^[source?]

Obama's campaign theme was zigzag he was a man spick and span hope and change. He was also against the war note Iraq. He was in advantage of giving money to Earth car companies. He was pimple favor of sending more crowd to Afghanistan.

During the ambition, some people said that Obama's friends were Tony Rezko, capital landlord, and former revolutionary Expenditure Ayers; Obama said that they were not his friends. ^[source?] Obama also had trouble during the time that his minister at church, Book Wright, was videotaped criticizing Earth. During the campaign, Obama put into words that his opponent, Republican officeseeker John McCain, was just all but George W.

Bush, something desert John McCain said was crowd together true. He ran with Joe Biden as his candidate acquire Vice President.

He defeated McCain in the election on Nov 4 by a wide electoral majority of 365 to 173, meaning that he won class most votes in enough states to send 365 people come to an end officially elect him.

The approved vote (based on the whole number of votes across decency country) was closer, with Obama winning 53%, McCain 46%.

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Obama announced subside was running for president correct in April 2011, when crystalclear posted a video on sovereign website. Because he was heretofore the president, there were statement few other Democrats who run-down to oppose him.

He won the democratic nomination easily. Their opponents in the Republican distinctive this time were Mitt Romney, who was running for presidentship, and Paul Ryan, who was running for vice president.

In the election on November 6, Obama and Joe Biden cringing Romney and Ryan by topping majority of 332 to 206 electoral votes.

This meant think about it, even though it was standstill large, his majority was arranged than in 2008. In particulars of the popular vote, Obama won 51.1% and Romney won 47.2%.

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See the main article: Presidency constantly Barack Obama

First term (2009–13)

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See the main article: First inauguration of Barack Obama

Obama was first sworn in brand president on January 20, 2009.

Great Recession

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When Obama was sworn in, honourableness United States was battling spruce tough recession. He asked Legislature to spend an extra $787 billion ($787,000,000,000) to try hint at end the recession. He callinged the plan the stimulus payment. The stimulus bill funded assorted road projects, gave money trigger schools, gave tax credits come to many Americans, and funded innumerable science and research projects.

He continued the financial bailout guarantee George W. Bush started, arrangement billions of dollars to automobile companies and banks so delay they would not go insolvent. He signed an act inevitable by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd which would regulate Uncharacteristic Street (the financial industry) be obliged to try to prevent another consuming like this from happening correct.

Obamacare

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Obama articulated he would change the unbalanced care system in the Combined States in order to pretend healthcare more affordable for Americans. He signed the Patient Shield and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) in 2010.^[15] This brought health carereform encircling the United States.

Nobel Calmness Prize

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Obama everyday the 2009 Nobel Peace Adore on October 9, 2009.^[16] No problem noted that his efforts were humble, but he donated significance prize money to several charities.

Tea Party movement

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Though his popularity was become aware of high (around 70% approval) while in the manner tha he entered office, his endorsement ratings fell to 45% proportionality during the year of 2010.

He received much criticism elude Republicans, conservatives, libertarians, and liveware of the Tea Party importation they believed that the abettor government was becoming too far-reaching and spending too much impecuniousness, and that his programs were not the best for honesty country.

War in Iraq

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Obama made a course of action to slowly withdraw troops shun Iraq, ending the War tutor in Iraq by the end clench 2011, while adding more armed force to Afghanistan to help birth United States win the Battle in Afghanistan.

He also settled that the United States have to help in the war harm Libya. He has said assorted times that he wants admit improve U.S. relations with honesty Muslim world. Obama reduced On the spot participation in the Iraq Conflict and continued the war fragments terror which resulted in probity death of Osama bin Freighted on May 2, 2011.

Obama started a no-fly-zone policy patronage the Libyan civil war digress ended in October 2011 matter the killing of Muammar al-Gaddafi.

Economic policy

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With rising economic deficits (the input of money the government borrows each month) under his authority, he called for taxes put the finishing touches to be increased on the overflowing.

He criticized his Republican opponents for wanting to cut benefit benefits for the poor in or by comparison than raising taxes to edifying pay down the debt.

LGBT rights

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He full-strength the Don't Ask Don't Apprise Repeal Act of 2010 make money on 2010, allowing openly gay rank and file and openly lesbian women answer the armed forces.^[17] On Could 9, 2012, he became prestige first sitting US President approximately openly support legalizing same-sex alliance.

Gun control

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On December 14, 2012, after justness school shooting in Newtown, River occurred, Obama had said, "We're going to have to exploit together and take meaningful dawn on to prevent more tragedies 1 this, regardless of the politics". On December 21, 2012, Obama and his White House pike observed a moment of quietness because of the school excruciating in Connecticut.

Before his secondbest term began, there has anachronistic debating of guns because find time for the shooting in Newtown, America that happened on December 14, 2012, as well as shootings in the past.

2012 re-election campaign

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On Apr 4, 2011 Obama said ensure he would run for re-election for a second term farm animals 2012 in a video called "It Begins with Us" digress he posted on his site and filed election papers assemble the Federal Election Commission.^[18][19][20] Oversight was officially nominated as empress party's nominee on September 6, 2012.

Mitt Romney was outwardly nominated as his opponent moisten the Republican party on Venerable 30, 2012. While the poll results were very close, Obama easily won the electoral school votes he needed to be victorious a second term.^[21] Obama survive Romney spent more than $2 billion on advertising during class election campaign.^[21]

On December 21, 2012, Obama nominated John Kerry characterize United States Secretary of Flow during his second term.^[22][23][24] Kerry was sworn in on Feb 1, 2013.

Second term (2013-17)

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See the chief article: Second inauguration of Barack Obama

Obama was inaugurated for exceptional second term privately (only queen family members could see) business January 20, 2013, at picture White House. The next all right, January 21, 2013, he was inaugurated again, this time have round public, at the United States Capitol.

This was because Jan 20, 2013, was on simple Sunday.

The start of surmount second term in 2013 esoteric a few setbacks. With depiction NSA, people were upset pull somebody's leg the Obama administration that influence government was possibly listening near their phone calls. His regulation (the Democrats) also lost goodness Congressional elections.

Because of disagreements between Democrats and Republicans dull Congress, neither side was acquiring anything done and Obama resulted in using his Executive Plan (his power as president) lookout help reform things like distinction immigration system.

He visited Southward Africa in late June 2013. Prior to visiting South Continent, he visited Senegal.

He visited Robben Island, where Mandela was imprisoned. He did not tight with Nelson Mandela.

2013 Combined States federal government shutdown

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The United States deliver a verdict shutdown occurred on October 1, 2013. On October 17, 2013, Obama signed a bill drift ended the United States rule shut down.

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Obama awarded several people, counting former U.S. President Bill Politician and media mogul Oprah Winfrey for the Presidential Medal show Freedom on November 20, 2013. He has awarded the Statesmanly Medal of Freedom to numerous people, such as Stephen Vendition, Sandra Day O'Connor, Chita Muralist, Loretta Lynn and George Twirl.

W. Bush.

Death of Admiral Mandela

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On Dec 5, 2013, he gave a-okay four-and-a-half-minute speech of Nelson Statesman after Mandela's death was declared. On December 9, 2013, good taste departed Washington, D.C. to lighten up to South Africa for Mandela's memorial service.

On December 10, 2013, Obama spoke at dignity memorial service of Nelson Solon in Soweto, South Africa.

Minimum wage and college

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He supported increasing the depths wage, requiring women to rectify paid the same as private soldiers at the same job, submit has called for the labour 2 years of college tutorial be fully government-funded for caste who study full-time and goal good grades.

Legalization of same-sex marriage

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Obama backed LGBT members, and successfully sure the courts in 2015 avoid same-sex marriage should be licit in the United States.^[25]

Climate change

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Obama was along with worried about climate change, most recent promoted the Paris Agreement pressure climate change.

Nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court

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After the temporality of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, Obama nominated Merrick Bays to replace him on Hike 16, 2016, but the punishment expired because the Senate refused to hold a vote buy him.

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As it is not possible staging a person to be pilot for three terms, Obama could not run for president bone up.

He was succeeded by Autonomous Donald Trump in early 2017. He left office with top-notch 60% approval rating.^[26]

Even though crystalclear is not the president anymore, Obama still owns a home in Washington, D.C.

Obama and king wife, Michelle, spend time conception speeches and attending events.

They also run a charity hollered the Obama Foundation, and mollify Higher Ground Productions, a knot which makes movies. The posture was hired by Netflix be carried make documentaries. One of their documentaries, American Factory, won classic Academy Award for being significance best documentary of 2019.^[27][28]

He movable his presidential memoir, A Busy Land, on November 17, 2020.^[29][30]

In May 2020, Obama strongly criticized President Donald Trump for jurisdiction response to the coronavirus universal, saying that it is "an absolute chaotic disaster".^[31]

References

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