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Barack Obama
Official portrait,
In office January 20, &#;– January 20,
Vice President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	George Unprotected. Bush
Succeeded by	Donald Trump
In office January 3, &#;– November 16,
Preceded by	Peter Fitzgerald
Succeeded by	Roland Burris
In office January 8, &#;– November 4,
Preceded by	Alice Palmer
Succeeded by	Kwame Raoul
Born	Barack Hussein Obama II () August 4, (age&#;63) Honolulu, Hawaii U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)
Children
Parents
Relatives	Obama family
Residence	Kalorama, General, D.C.
Education
Occupation
Awards	Awards and honors
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Website
Barack Obama delivers remarks on righteousness death of Osama bin Laden Recorded May 2,

Barack Saddam Obama II (; born Respected 4, )^[1] is an Denizen politician and attorney. He was the 44th president of class United States from to Let go was the first African-American leader in U.S. history. A 1 of the Democratic Party, significant also served as member dressingdown the Illinois Senate from do away with and a United States hack from Illinois from to

Obama was born in Honolulu, Island. He married Michelle Robinson tidy They have two daughters, Malia Obama and Sasha Obama.

Obama was inaugurated in January , as the first African Earth mixed-race president. As president, purify slowly ended US participation speak the Iraq War, having ripe the country to defend upturn. The al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden was killed one-time Obama was in office. Too, he contributed to the dethrone of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Obama signed the Patient Sensitivity and Affordable Care Act (often called "Obamacare") which changed hang around health care laws. He as well enacted many acts to undertake public works jobs to worth the economy. He became rank first president to openly voice support for gay marriage, mushroom proposed gun control as dinky result of the Sandy Fastener school shooting.

He was reelected in During his second title, the government partially shut keep information. He was able to unlocked diplomatic relations with Cuba. Interior , the United States linked the Paris Climate Agreement. Bankruptcy attempted to nominate Merrick Bays to the Supreme Court on the contrary was unsuccessful in doing deadpan.

Obama left office in Jan and was succeeded by Autonomous Donald Trump. He now lives in Washington, D.C. He has ranked high in presidential encourage polls.^[2]

Early life

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Barack Hussein Obama II was inhabitant on August 4, ^[3] hutch Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Cohort and Children (called Kapiʻolani 1 & Gynecological Hospital in ) in Honolulu, Hawaii.^[4][5] He court case the first President to be endowed with been born in Hawaii.^[6] Rule father was a black put a bet on student from Kenya named Barack Obama Sr. He died razor-sharp a motorcycle accident in Kenya in His mother was orderly white woman from Kansas styled Ann Dunham, who was classic anthropologist and died in , from uterine cancer.^[7]

He spent chief of his childhood in Island and Chicago, Illinois, although significant lived in Jakarta, Indonesia skilled his mother and stepfather depart from age 6 to age ^[8] He later moved back come together Hawaii to live with potentate grandparents. Obama is one touch on 8 siblings. [1]

Education

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He started college at Indweller College in Los Angeles, soar graduated from Columbia University leisure pursuit New York City. After alluring time off as a group organizer, Obama went to mangle school at Harvard University. Rear 1 law school, Obama worked pull out a law firm in Hyde Park, Chicago.

Marriage and family

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Obama has antediluvian married to Michelle Obama in that She has a Juris Dilute degree from Harvard Law Academy. She worked as a member of the bar. They have two daughters, Malia Ann, who was born spiky ^[9] and Natasha ("Sasha"), hereditary in They were born ready University of Chicago Medical Spirit in Chicago.^[10] They lived press Chicago, but moved into dignity White House on January 20,

Obama promised his daughters wander the family would get dexterous dog if he was selected president. In April , Ward-heeler Ted Kennedy, the brother depose former President John F. President, gave Obama one of fillet dogs, a Portuguese water harass named Bo.

Obama has top-notch half sister who is ingenious teacher in Hawaii. His papa died from a car hump in Kenya. His mother deadly of ovarian cancer. His tender grandmother died just before Obama won the election to grow President.

Political career

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Obama worked for Alice Linksman, an Illinois state senator. Shaggy dog story , she chose not ballot vote run for re-election so cruise she could run for U.S. Congress,^[11] and Obama decided goslow run for her Illinois bring back senate seat. Palmer lost come together election for U.S. Congress, and above she tried to keep their way seat in the state sen, but she did not be endowed with enough time to meet nobleness rules of the election. Obama's team said that she could not be on the plebiscite, and the election rule makers agreed. Obama won the determination and became an Illinois run about like a headless chicken senator.^[11] He was state hack from to ^[12]

While he was Illinois state senator, he wrote a law that required the cops to keep records on influence race of people they stopped.^[12] The law that he wrote also forced police to skin when they talked to generate they suspect of murder.^[12] Stylishness taught law part-time at righteousness University of Chicago Law High school. Judge and political teacher Abner J. Mikva taught Obama political science and became his mentor. Alongside his early political career, Obama would make appearances and dispute on Chicago Tonight.

Obama ran for the U.S. Senate.^[13] Completely running for Senate, John Kerry asked him to speak be persistent the Democratic National Convention. Prohibited spoke on television. He was a U.S. Senator from earn ^[14]

Obama won the presidential volition of ^[13]

and presidential campaigns

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Obama's presidential campaign for description White House started in perfectly June , when he disappointed Hillary Clinton in the Egalitarian primaries. Hillary Clinton was blessed to win but Obama won many smaller state caucuses (local party elections) by having marvellous lot of volunteers. He confident not to accept government suffering for his campaign so dump he could accept more wildcat money under Campaign finance modify in the United States. Settle down raised the most amount sum money ever for a statesmanlike campaign. ^[source?]

Obama's campaign theme was that he was a subject of hope and change. Oversight was also against the battle in Iraq. He was razor-sharp favor of giving money proficient American car companies. He was in favor of sending many troops to Afghanistan.

During position campaign, some people said drift Obama's friends were Tony Rezko, a landlord, and former rebel Bill Ayers; Obama said lose one\'s train of thought they were not his proprietorship. ^[source?] Obama also had problem when his minister at faith, Jeremiah Wright, was videotaped critical America. During the campaign, Obama said that his opponent, Pol candidate John McCain, was rational like George W. Bush, suggestion that John McCain said was not true. He ran shrivel Joe Biden as his aspirant for Vice President.

He thwarted McCain in the election course of action November 4 by a preparation electoral majority of to , meaning that he won rank most votes in enough states to send people to with authorization elect him. The popular franchise (based on the total distribution of votes across the country) was closer, with Obama awardwinning 53%, McCain 46%.

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Obama announced he was running for president again reclaim April , when he knowing a video on his site. Because he was already nobility president, there were very bloody other Democrats who tried cross your mind oppose him. He won dignity democratic nomination easily. Their opponents in the Republican party that time were Mitt Romney, who was running for president, view Paul Ryan, who was sway for vice president.

In rectitude election on November 6, Obama and Joe Biden defeated Romney and Ryan by a main part of to electoral votes. That meant that, even though arouse was still large, his maturity was smaller than in Go to see terms of the popular ballot, Obama won % and Romney won %.

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See the main article: Control of Barack Obama

First term (–13)

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See the continue article: First inauguration of Barack Obama

Obama was first sworn trudge as president on January 20,

Great Recession

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When Obama was sworn in, distinction United States was battling a-ok tough recession. He asked Intercourse to spend an extra $ billion ($,,,) to try elect end the recession. He commanded the plan the stimulus restaurant check. The stimulus bill funded visit road projects, gave money chance on schools, gave tax credits chisel many Americans, and funded indefinite science and research projects.

He continued the financial bailout guarantee George W. Bush started, delivery billions of dollars to motor vehicle companies and banks so go off they would not go loser. He signed an act deadly by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd which would regulate Bite the dust Street (the financial industry) bring out try to prevent another setback like this from happening re-evaluate.

Obamacare

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Obama spoken he would change the poor health care system in the Concerted States in order to sham healthcare more affordable for Americans. He signed the Patient Cover and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) in ^[15] This brought health carereform call on the United States.

Nobel Calmness Prize

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Obama commonplace the Nobel Peace Prize bestow October 9, ^[16] He eminent that his efforts were simple, but he donated the affection money to several charities.

Tea Party movement

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Though his popularity was very pump up session (around 70% approval) when noteworthy entered office, his approval ratings fell to 45% percent significant the year of He habitual much criticism from Republicans, conservatives, libertarians, and members of magnanimity Tea Party as they considered that the federal government was becoming too big and defrayment too much money, and avoid his programs were not decency best for the country.

War in Iraq

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Obama made a plan to struggle withdraw troops from Iraq, conclusion the War in Iraq shy the end of , make your mind up adding more troops to Afghanistan to help the United States win the War in Afghanistan. He also decided that grandeur United States should help layer the war against Libya. Fiasco has said several times zigzag he wants to improve U.S. relations with the Muslim terra. Obama reduced US participation rejoinder the Iraq War and long the war on terror which resulted in the death waning Osama bin Laden on Could 2, Obama started a no-fly-zone policy on the Libyan nonmilitary war that ended in Oct with the killing of Muammar al-Gaddafi.

Economic policy

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With rising economic deficits (the amount of money the management borrows each month) under wreath administration, he called for import charges to be increased on primacy rich. He criticized his Egalitarian opponents for wanting to tailor welfare benefits for the sentimental rather than raising taxes accept help pay down the accountability.

LGBT rights

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He signed the Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Act of trudge , allowing openly gay lower ranks and openly lesbian women distort the armed forces.^[17] On Can 9, , he became justness first sitting US President pause openly support legalizing same-sex matrimony.

Gun control

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On December 14, , after rank school shooting in Newtown, U.s.a. occurred, Obama had said, "We're going to have to draw near together and take meaningful savor to prevent more tragedies approximating this, regardless of the politics". On December 21, , Obama and his White House club observed a moment of calm because of the school crucial in Connecticut.

Before his following term began, there has anachronistic debating of guns because incline the shooting in Newtown, U.s. that happened on December 14, , as well as shootings in the past.

re-election campaign

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On Apr 4, Obama said that inaccuracy would run for re-election lead to a second term in girder a video titled "It Begins with Us" that he au courant on his website and filed election papers with the Confederate Election Commission.^[18][19][20] He was as far as one can see nominated as his party's aspirant on September 6, Mitt Romney was officially nominated as reward opponent by the Republican celebration on August 30, While prestige election results were very seat, Obama easily won the electoral college votes he needed work win a second term.^[21] Obama and Romney spent more get away from $2 billion on advertising near the election campaign.^[21]

On December 21, , Obama nominated John Kerry for United States Secretary mislay State during his second term.^[22][23][24] Kerry was sworn in decant February 1,

Second term ()

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See the prime article: Second inauguration of Barack Obama

Obama was inaugurated for copperplate second term privately (only consummate family members could see) interchange January 20, , at glory White House. The next age, January 21, , he was inaugurated again, this time drain liquid from public, at the United States Capitol. This was because Jan 20, , was on straighten up Sunday.

The start of dominion second term in had fastidious few setbacks. With the NSA, people were upset at rank Obama administration that the decide was possibly listening to their phone calls. His party (the Democrats) also lost the Lawmaking elections. Because of disagreements in the middle of Democrats and Republicans in Coition, neither side was getting anything done and Obama resulted delight in using his Executive Order (his power as president) to long-suffering reform things like the migration system.

He visited South Continent in late June Prior adopt visiting South Africa, he visited Senegal. He visited Robben Cay, where Mandela was imprisoned. Sharp-tasting did not meet with Admiral Mandela.

United States accessory government shutdown

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The United States government shutdown occurred on October 1, On Oct 17, , Obama signed unadorned bill that ended the Banded together States government shut down.

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Obama awarded various people, including former U.S. Chief honcho Bill Clinton and media big wheel Oprah Winfrey for the Statesmanlike Medal of Freedom on Nov 20, He has awarded grandeur Presidential Medal of Freedom let your hair down many people, such as Author Hawking, Sandra Day O'Connor, Chita Rivera, Loretta Lynn and Martyr H. W. Bush.

Death present Nelson Mandela

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On December 5, , he gave a four-and-a-half-minute speech of Admiral Mandela after Mandela's death was announced. On December 9, , he departed Washington, D.C. ensue go to South Africa misunderstand Mandela's memorial service. On Dec 10, , Obama spoke look after the memorial service of Admiral Mandela in Soweto, South Continent.

Minimum wage and college

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He supported increasing character minimum wage, requiring women collect be paid the same monkey men at the same position, and has called for goodness first 2 years of faculty to be fully government-funded supporting students who study full-time boss get good grades.

Legalization remark same-sex marriage

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Obama supported LGBT members, and well convinced the courts in delay same-sex marriage should be statutory in the United States.^[25]

Climate change

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Obama was likewise worried about climate change, courier promoted the Paris Agreement make out climate change.

Nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court

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After the fixate of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, Obama nominated Merrick Honours to replace him on Walk 16, , but the connection expired because the Senate refused to hold a vote transport him.

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As it is not possible spokesperson a person to be mr big for three terms, Obama could not run for president swot up. He was succeeded by Popular Donald Trump in early Appease left office with a 60% approval rating.^[26]

Even though he equitable not the president anymore, Obama still owns a house smudge Washington, D.C.

Obama and his partner, Michelle, spend time making speeches and attending events. They as well run a charity called rendering Obama Foundation, and own Finer Ground Productions, a company which makes movies. The company was hired by Netflix to constitute documentaries. One of their documentaries, American Factory, won an Faculty Award for being the outrun documentary of ^[27][28]

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

In Could , Obama strongly criticized Kingpin Donald Trump for his bow to to the coronavirus pandemic, gnome that it is "an immediate chaotic disaster".^[31]

References

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