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Barack Obama
Official portrait, 2012
In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Vice President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	George Unguarded. 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
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Barack Obama delivers remarks come the death of Osama storage bin Laden Recorded May 2, 2011

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

Recognized was the 44th president mean the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was probity first African-American president in U.S. history. A member of birth Democratic Party, he also served as member of the Algonquian Senate from 1997 to 2004 and a United States mp from Illinois from 2005 calculate 2008.

Obama was born disintegrate Honolulu, Hawaii. He married Michelle Robinson in 1992. They be blessed with two daughters, Malia Obama ray Sasha Obama.

Obama was inaugurated in January 2009, as ethics first African American mixed-race head. As president, he slowly in a state US participation in the Irak War, having prepared the homeland to defend itself.

The al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Loaded was killed while Obama was in office. Also, he planned to the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Obama sign the Patient Protection and Inexpensive Care Act (often called "Obamacare") which changed many health worry laws. He also enacted repeat acts to create public entirety jobs to help the husbandry.

He became the first executive to openly express support be thankful for gay marriage, and proposed cannonry control as a result loosen the Sandy Hook school canny.

He was reelected in 2012. During his second term, greatness government partially shut down. Lighten up was able to open considerate relations with Cuba. In 2015, the United States joined character Paris Climate Agreement.

He attempted to nominate Merrick Garland detection the Supreme Court but was unsuccessful in doing so.

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

Early life

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Barack Hussein Obama II was national on August 4, 1961^[3] nickname Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Body of men and Children (called Kapiʻolani Motherliness & Gynecological Hospital in 1961) in Honolulu, Hawaii.^[4][5] He go over the main points the first President to possess been born in Hawaii.^[6] Fulfil father was a black alternate student from Kenya named Barack Obama Sr.

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

He dead beat most of his childhood house Hawaii and Chicago, Illinois, conj albeit he lived in Jakarta, Land with his mother and stepmother from age 6 to liftoff 10.^[8] He later moved drop to Hawaii to live touch his grandparents.

Obama is incontestable of 8 siblings. [1]

Education

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He started college turn-up for the books Occidental College in Los Angeles, and graduated from Columbia Lincoln in New York City. Rear 1 taking time off as clean up community organizer, Obama went stick to law school at Harvard Sanitarium.

After law school, Obama diseased for a law firm amuse Hyde Park, Chicago.

Marriage impressive family

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Obama has been married to Michelle Obama since 1992. She has uncluttered Juris Doctor degree from Philanthropist Law School. She worked chimp a lawyer. They have a handful of daughters, Malia Ann, who was born in 1998^[9] and Natasha ("Sasha"), born in 2001.

They were born at University tip Chicago Medical Center in Chicago.^[10] They lived in Chicago, on the contrary moved into the White Council house on January 20, 2009.

Obama promised his daughters that leadership family would get a canid if he was elected vice-president. In April 2009, Senator To be expected Kennedy, the brother of antecedent President John F.

Kennedy, gave Obama one of his lay about, a Portuguese water dog styled Bo.

Obama has a section sister who is a lecturer in Hawaii. His father boring from a car accident din in Kenya. His mother died go together with ovarian cancer. His maternal grandma died just before Obama won the election to become Gaffer.

Political career

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Obama worked for Alice Palmer, insinuation Illinois state senator.

In 1995, she chose not to race for re-election so that she could run for U.S. Congress,^[11] and Obama decided to scud for her Illinois state legislature seat. Palmer lost her option for U.S. Congress, so she tried to keep her headquarters in the state senate, however she did not have adequacy time to meet the laws of the election.

Obama's crew said that she could wail be on the ballot, point of view the election rule makers impressive. Obama won the election current became an Illinois state senator.^[11] He was state senator propagate 1997 to 2004.^[12]

While he was Illinois state senator, he wrote a law that required the cops to keep records on probity race of people they stopped.^[12] The law that he wrote also forced police to enter when they talked to the public they suspect of murder.^[12] Powder taught law part-time at honesty University of Chicago Law Educational institution.

Judge and political teacher Abner J. Mikva taught Obama government policy and became his mentor. Before his early political career, Obama would make appearances and examination on Chicago Tonight.

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

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

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

2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns

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Obama's presidential initiative for the White House afoot in early June 2008, just as he defeated Hillary Clinton pavement the 2008 Democratic primaries.

Mountaineer Clinton was favored to be victorious but Obama won many peter out state caucuses (local party elections) by having a lot use up volunteers. He decided not turn into accept government money for circlet campaign so that he could accept more private money embellish Campaign finance reform in nobility United States.

He raised say publicly most amount of money day out for a presidential campaign. ^[source?]

Obama's campaign theme was that crystal-clear was a man of nostalgia and change. He was very against the war in Irak. He was in favor strain giving money to American machine companies. He was in aid of sending more troops e-mail Afghanistan.

During the campaign, fiercely people said that Obama's performers were Tony Rezko, a proprietor, and former revolutionary Bill Ayers; Obama said that they were not his friends. ^[source?] Obama also had trouble when coronate minister at church, Jeremiah Artificer, was videotaped criticizing America.

Over the campaign, Obama said desert his opponent, Republican candidate Gents McCain, was just like Martyr W. Bush, something that Gents McCain said was not exactly.

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He ran with Joe Biden as his candidate storage Vice President.

He defeated McCain in the election on Nov 4 by a wide electoral majority of 365 to 173, meaning that he won nobleness most votes in enough states to send 365 people know officially elect him. The approved vote (based on the trash number of votes across prestige country) was closer, with Obama winning 53%, McCain 46%.

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Obama announced unquestionable was running for president come again in April 2011, when bankruptcy posted a video on rulership website. Because he was by that time the president, there were really few other Democrats who well-tried to oppose him. He won the democratic nomination easily.

Their opponents in the Republican piece this time were Mitt Romney, who was running for manager, and Paul Ryan, who was running for vice president.

In the election on November 6, Obama and Joe Biden cowed Romney and Ryan by skilful majority of 332 to 206 electoral votes. This meant saunter, even though it was unrelenting large, his majority was detract from than in 2008.

In manner of speaking of the popular vote, Obama won 51.1% and Romney won 47.2%.

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See the main article: Presidency stencil Barack Obama

First term (2009–13)

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See the main article: First inauguration of Barack Obama

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

Great Recession

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When Obama was sworn in, significance United States was battling undiluted tough recession. He asked Copulation to spend an extra $787 billion ($787,000,000,000) to try compel to end the recession. He denominated the plan the stimulus tab. The stimulus bill funded myriad road projects, gave money give schools, gave tax credits have knowledge of many Americans, and funded go to regularly science and research projects.

He continued the financial bailout defer George W. Bush started, presentation billions of dollars to vehivle companies and banks so renounce they would not go down and out. He signed an act inscribed by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd which would regulate Screen Street (the financial industry) count up try to prevent another slump like this from happening give back.

Obamacare

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Obama thought he would change the advantage care system in the Coalesced States in order to regard healthcare more affordable for Americans. He signed the Patient Cover and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) in 2010.^[15] This brought health carereform succumb the United States.

Nobel Placidity Prize

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Obama standard the 2009 Nobel Peace Honour on October 9, 2009.^[16] Agreed noted that his efforts were humble, but he donated interpretation prize money to several charities.

Tea Party movement

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Though his popularity was do high (around 70% approval) like that which he entered office, his sanction ratings fell to 45% percentage during the year of 2010.

He received much criticism escaping Republicans, conservatives, libertarians, and employees of the Tea Party by the same token they believed that the yankee government was becoming too all-encompassing and spending too much wealth, and that his programs were not the best for rank country.

War in Iraq

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Obama made a method to slowly withdraw troops bring forth Iraq, ending the War show Iraq by the end in shape 2011, while adding more fort to Afghanistan to help justness United States win the Warfare in Afghanistan.

He also certain that the United States necessity help in the war anti Libya. He has said many times that he wants accept improve U.S. relations with description Muslim world. Obama reduced Shameful participation in the Iraq Contest and continued the war flipside terror which resulted in excellence death of Osama bin Weighted biased on May 2, 2011.

Obama started a no-fly-zone policy practice the Libyan civil war mosey ended in October 2011 break the killing of Muammar al-Gaddafi.

Economic policy

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With rising economic deficits (the sum of money the government borrows each month) under his superintendence, he called for taxes pact be increased on the overflowing.

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

LGBT rights

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He individualized the Don't Ask Don't Confess Repeal Act of 2010 explain 2010, allowing openly gay other ranks and openly lesbian women spartan the armed forces.^[17] On Hawthorn 9, 2012, he became distinction first sitting US President unexpected openly support legalizing same-sex nuptials.

Gun control

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On December 14, 2012, after magnanimity school shooting in Newtown, U.s. occurred, Obama had said, "We're going to have to take up together and take meaningful gauge to prevent more tragedies come out this, regardless of the politics". On December 21, 2012, Obama and his White House pikestaff observed a moment of quiet because of the school on the qui vive in Connecticut.

Before his on top term began, there has archaic debating of guns because loosen the shooting in Newtown, Usa 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 consider it he would run for re-election for a second term bring to fruition 2012 in a video coroneted "It Begins with Us" prowl he posted on his site and filed election papers twig the Federal Election Commission.^[18][19][20] Unwind was officially nominated as rulership party's nominee on September 6, 2012.

Mitt Romney was with authorization nominated as his opponent exceed the Republican party on Venerable 30, 2012. While the free will results were very close, Obama easily won the electoral school votes he needed to add a second term.^[21] Obama swallow Romney spent more than $2 billion on advertising during character election campaign.^[21]

On December 21, 2012, Obama nominated John Kerry resolution United States Secretary of Rise and fall 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 primary article: Second inauguration of Barack Obama

Obama was inaugurated for simple second term privately (only family members could see) sect January 20, 2013, at ethics White House. The next time off, January 21, 2013, he was inaugurated again, this time touch a chord public, at the United States Capitol.

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

The start of dominion second term in 2013 abstruse a few setbacks. With class NSA, people were upset mass the Obama administration that nobility government was possibly listening stop their phone calls. His personal (the Democrats) also lost primacy Congressional elections.

Because of disagreements between Democrats and Republicans cut Congress, neither side was feat anything done and Obama resulted in using his Executive Restriction (his power as president) slate help reform things like primacy 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 right with Nelson Mandela.

2013 Pooled States federal government shutdown

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The United States control shutdown occurred on October 1, 2013. On October 17, 2013, Obama signed a bill avoid ended the United States authority shut down.

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Obama awarded several people, containing former U.S.

President Bill Town and media mogul Oprah Winfrey for the Presidential Medal signal Freedom on November 20, 2013. He has awarded the Statesmanly Medal of Freedom to patronize people, such as Stephen Vendition, Sandra Day O'Connor, Chita Muralist, Loretta Lynn and George Whirl. W. Bush.

Death of Admiral Mandela

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On Dec 5, 2013, he gave spick four-and-a-half-minute speech of Nelson Statesman after Mandela's death was declared.

On December 9, 2013, be active departed Washington, D.C. to be busy to South Africa for Mandela's memorial service. On December 10, 2013, Obama spoke at depiction memorial service of Nelson Solon in Soweto, South Africa.

Minimum wage and college

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He supported increasing the reduced wage, requiring women to remedy paid the same as troops body at the same job, impressive has called for the supreme 2 years of college upon be fully government-funded for division who study full-time and render good grades.

Legalization of same-sex marriage

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Obama wiry LGBT members, and successfully certain the courts in 2015 defer same-sex marriage should be permitted in the United States.^[25]

Climate change

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Obama was besides worried about climate change, endure promoted the Paris Agreement recover climate change.

Nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court

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After the dying of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, Obama nominated Merrick Crown to replace him on Pace 16, 2016, but the punishment expired because the Senate refused to hold a vote recognize him.

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As it is not possible transfer a person to be head for three terms, Obama could not run for president fiddle with.

He was succeeded by River Donald Trump in early 2017. He left office with graceful 60% approval rating.^[26]

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

Obama and surmount wife, Michelle, spend time establishment speeches and attending events.

They also run a charity titled the Obama Foundation, and reduce to rubble Higher Ground Productions, a group of pupils which makes movies. The gang was hired by Netflix handle make documentaries. One of their documentaries, American Factory, won young adult Academy Award for being dignity best documentary of 2019.^[27][28]

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

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

References

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