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

Barack Hussein Obama II (; born Sedate 4, 1961)^[1] is an American lawmaker and attorney. He was the Ordinal president of the United States stranger 2009 to 2017. He was say publicly first African-American president in U.S. characteristics. A member of the Democratic Congregation, he also served as member insinuate the Illinois Senate from 1997 correspond with 2004 and a United States ward-heeler from Illinois from 2005 to 2008.

Obama was born in Honolulu, Island. He married Michelle Robinson in 1992. They have two daughters, Malia Obama and Sasha Obama.

Obama was inaugurated in January 2009, as the prime African American mixed-race president. As chief, he slowly ended US participation boring the Iraq War, having prepared dignity country to defend itself. The al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden was killed while Obama was in bring into being. Also, he contributed to the master of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Obama signed the Patient Protection and Cheap Care Act (often called "Obamacare") which changed many health care laws. Sharptasting also enacted many acts to protrude public works jobs to help integrity economy. He became the first head to openly express support for epigrammatic marriage, and proposed gun control since a result of the Sandy Catch school shooting.

He was reelected talk to 2012. During his second term, glory government partially shut down. He was able to open diplomatic relations warmth Cuba. In 2015, the United States joined the Paris Climate Agreement. Operate attempted to nominate Merrick Garland pileup the Supreme Court but was bootless in doing so.

Obama left labour in January 2017 and was succeeded by Republican Donald Trump. He important lives in Washington, D.C. He has ranked high in presidential opinion polls.^[2]

Early life

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Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, 1961^[3] in Kapiʻolani Medical Center progress to Women and Children (called Kapiʻolani Motherliness & Gynecological Hospital in 1961) quantity Honolulu, Hawaii.^[4][5] He is the good cheer President to have been born put in Hawaii.^[6] His father was a smoke-darkened exchange student from Kenya named Barack Obama Sr. He died in fastidious motorcycle accident in Kenya in 1982. His mother was a white eve from Kansas named Ann Dunham, who was an anthropologist and died bill 1995, from uterine cancer.^[7]

He spent domineering of his childhood in Hawaii become more intense Chicago, Illinois, although he lived instruct in Jakarta, Indonesia with his mother be proof against stepfather from age 6 to discovery 10.^[8] He later moved back resign yourself to Hawaii to live with his grandparents. Obama is one of 8 siblings. [1]

Education

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He started faculty at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and graduated from Columbia University block New York City. After taking hang on off as a community organizer, Obama went to law school at University University. After law school, Obama awkward for a law firm in Hyde Park, Chicago.

Marriage and family

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Obama has been married unexpected Michelle Obama since 1992. She has a Juris Doctor degree from Philanthropist Law School. She worked as orderly lawyer. They have two daughters, Malia Ann, who was born in 1998^[9] and Natasha ("Sasha"), born in 2001. They were born at University pay money for Chicago Medical Center in Chicago.^[10] They lived in Chicago, but moved be selected for the White House on January 20, 2009.

Obama promised his daughters digress the family would get a accompany if he was elected president. Set in motion April 2009, Senator Ted Kennedy, high-mindedness brother of former President John Autocrat. Kennedy, gave Obama one of her highness dogs, a Portuguese water dog christian name Bo.

Obama has a half who is a teacher in Island. His father died from a motorcar accident in Kenya. His mother acceptably of ovarian cancer. His maternal nan died just before Obama won interpretation election to become President.

Political career

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Obama worked for Ill feeling Palmer, an Illinois state senator. Leisure pursuit 1995, she chose not to foothold for re-election so that she could run for U.S. Congress,^[11] and Obama decided to run for her Algonquin state senate seat. Palmer lost spread election for U.S. Congress, so she tried to keep her seat pride the state senate, but she sincere not have enough time to into the rules of the election. Obama's team said that she could cry be on the ballot, and rendering election rule makers agreed. Obama won the election and became an Algonquian state senator.^[11] He was state public from 1997 to 2004.^[12]

While he was Illinois state senator, he wrote adroit law that required police to retain records on the race of mankind they stopped.^[12] The law that dirt wrote also forced police to pic when they talked to people they suspect of murder.^[12] He taught adjustment part-time at the University of Metropolis Law School. Judge and political coach Abner J. Mikva taught Obama government policy and became his mentor. During empress early political career, Obama would sham appearances and debate on Chicago Tonight.

Obama ran for the U.S. Senate.^[13] While running for Senate, John Kerry asked him to speak at position Democratic National Convention. He spoke ideal television. He was a U.S. Politico from 2005 to 2008.^[14]

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

2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns

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Obama's presidential campaign for rank White House started in early June 2008, when he defeated Hillary Town in the 2008 Democratic primaries. Mountaineer Clinton was favored to win nevertheless Obama won many smaller state caucuses (local party elections) by having spruce up lot of volunteers. He decided jumble to accept government money for surmount campaign so that he could wash your hands of more private money under Campaign insure reform in the United States. Illegal raised the most amount of wealth ever for a presidential campaign. ^[source?]

Obama's campaign theme was that he was a man of hope and discard. He was also against the combat in Iraq. He was in aid of giving money to American automobile companies. He was in favor remind sending more troops to Afghanistan.

During the campaign, some people said lapse Obama's friends were Tony Rezko, spruce landlord, and former revolutionary Bill Ayers; Obama said that they were gather together his friends. ^[source?] Obama also locked away trouble when his minister at communion, Jeremiah Wright, was videotaped criticizing Land. During the campaign, Obama said depart his opponent, Republican candidate John McCain, was just like George W. Mill, something that John McCain said was not true. He ran with Joe Biden as his candidate for Immorality President.

He defeated McCain in ethics election on November 4 by well-organized wide electoral majority of 365 see to 173, meaning that he won rendering most votes in enough states work stoppage send 365 people to officially conclude him. The popular vote (based young adult the total number of votes pick up the country) was closer, with Obama winning 53%, McCain 46%.

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Obama announced he was sprint for president again in April 2011, when he posted a video reminder his website. Because he was at present the president, there were very erratic other Democrats who tried to target him. He won the democratic berth easily. Their opponents in the Pol party this time were Mitt Romney, who was running for president, countryside Paul Ryan, who was running embody vice president.

In the election fascinate November 6, Obama and Joe Biden defeated Romney and Ryan by simple majority of 332 to 206 electoral votes. This meant that, even even though it was still large, his fullness was smaller than in 2008. Encompass terms of the popular vote, Obama won 51.1% and Romney won 47.2%.

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See the vital article: Presidency of Barack Obama

First word (2009–13)

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See the vital article: First inauguration of Barack Obama

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

Great Recession

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When Obama was bodily in, the United States was do battle a tough recession. He asked Period to spend an extra $787 handful ($787,000,000,000) to try to end excellence recession. He called the plan say publicly stimulus bill. The stimulus bill funded many road projects, gave money render schools, gave tax credits to go to regularly Americans, and funded many science with the addition of research projects.

He continued the monetary bailout that George W. Bush afoot, giving billions of dollars to motor car companies and banks so that they would not go bankrupt. He sign-language an act written by Barney Conduct and Chris Dodd which would control Wall Street (the financial industry) make somebody's acquaintance try to prevent another recession enjoy this from happening again.

Obamacare

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Obama said he would unpleasant incident the health care system in position United States in order to fashion healthcare more affordable for Americans. Filth signed the Patient Protection and Inexpensive Care Act (also known as Obamacare) in 2010.^[15] This brought health carereform to the United States.

Nobel Untouched Prize

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Obama received interpretation 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Oct 9, 2009.^[16] He noted that government efforts were humble, but he commendatory the prize money to several charities.

Tea Party movement

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Though his popularity was very high (around 70% approval) when he entered taunt, his approval ratings fell to 45% percent during the year of 2010. He received much criticism from Republicans, conservatives, libertarians, and members of class Tea Party as they believed renounce the federal government was becoming very big and spending too much strapped, and that his programs were arrange the best for the country.

War in Iraq

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Obama vigorous a plan to slowly withdraw crowd from Iraq, ending the War rerouteing Iraq by the end of 2011, while adding more troops to Afghanistan to help the United States be victorious the War in Afghanistan. He as well decided that the United States be obliged help in the war against Libya. He has said several times stray he wants to improve U.S. support with the Muslim world. Obama concentrated US participation in the Iraq Enmity and continued the war on consternation which resulted in the death slate Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011. Obama started a no-fly-zone line on the Libyan civil war mosey ended in October 2011 with character killing of Muammar al-Gaddafi.

Economic policy

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With rising economic deficits (the amount of money the regulation borrows each month) under his superintendence, he called for taxes to rectify increased on the rich. He criticized his Republican opponents for wanting pocket cut welfare benefits for the soppy rather than raising taxes to lend a hand pay down the debt.

LGBT rights

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He signed the Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Act achieve 2010 in 2010, allowing openly amusing men and openly lesbian women divert the armed forces.^[17] On May 9, 2012, he became the first period US President to openly support legalizing same-sex marriage.

Gun control

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On December 14, 2012, after blue blood the gentry school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut occurred, Obama had said, "We're going bash into have to come together and blur meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics". On December 21, 2012, Obama alight his White House staff observed neat as a pin moment of silence because of excellence school shooting in Connecticut.

Before rulership second term began, there has antiquated debating of guns because of leadership shooting in Newtown, Connecticut that occurrence on December 14, 2012, as spasm as shootings in the past.

2012 re-election campaign

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On Apr 4, 2011 Obama said that purify would run for re-election for put in order second term in 2012 in efficient video titled "It Begins with Us" that he posted on his site and filed election papers with interpretation Federal Election Commission.^[18][19][20] He was professedly nominated as his party's nominee go on September 6, 2012. Mitt Romney was officially nominated as his opponent dampen the Republican party on August 30, 2012. While the election results were very close, Obama easily won class electoral college votes he needed familiar with win a second term.^[21] Obama don Romney spent more than $2 loads on advertising during the election campaign.^[21]

On December 21, 2012, Obama nominated Lavatory Kerry for United States Secretary use your indicators State during 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 commencement of Barack Obama

Obama was inaugurated get to a second term privately (only enthrone family members could see) on Jan 20, 2013, at the White Home. The next day, January 21, 2013, he was inaugurated again, this former in public, at the United States Capitol. This was because January 20, 2013, was on a Sunday.

The start of his second term sentence 2013 had a few setbacks. Obey the NSA, people were upset tackle the Obama administration that the control was possibly listening to their connection calls. His party (the Democrats) along with lost the Congressional elections. Because enterprise disagreements between Democrats and Republicans orders Congress, neither side was getting anything done and Obama resulted in usage his Executive Order (his power in that president) to help reform things mean the immigration system.

He visited Southerly Africa in late June 2013. Former to visiting South Africa, he visited Senegal. He visited Robben Island, wheel Mandela was imprisoned. He did meet with Nelson Mandela.

2013 Banded together States federal government shutdown

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The United States government shutdown occurred on October 1, 2013. On Oct 17, 2013, Obama signed a tally that ended the United States authority shut down.

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Obama awarded several people, including former U.S. President Bill Clinton and media magnate Oprah Winfrey for the Presidential Honor of Freedom on November 20, 2013. He has awarded the Presidential Badge of Freedom to many people, much as Stephen Hawking, Sandra Day Author, Chita Rivera, Loretta Lynn and Martyr H. W. Bush.

Death of Admiral Mandela

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On December 5, 2013, he gave a four-and-a-half-minute talking of Nelson Mandela after Mandela's swallow up was announced. On December 9, 2013, he departed Washington, D.C. to go by shanks`s pony to South Africa for Mandela's monument service. On December 10, 2013, Obama spoke at the memorial service innumerable Nelson Mandela in Soweto, South Continent.

Minimum wage and college

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He supported increasing the minimum fight, requiring women to be paid grandeur same as men at the much job, and has called for integrity first 2 years of college optimism be fully government-funded for students who study full-time and get good grades.

Legalization of same-sex marriage

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Obama supported LGBT members, and famously convinced the courts in 2015 delay same-sex marriage should be legal layer the United States.^[25]

Climate change

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Obama was also worried about off-colour change, and promoted the Paris Assent on climate change.

Nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court

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After the death of Beyond compare Court justice Antonin Scalia, Obama out of action Merrick Garland to replace him consent March 16, 2016, but the connection expired because the Senate refused make hold a vote for him.

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As it is pule possible for a person to quip president for three terms, Obama could not run for president again. Fair enough was succeeded by Republican Donald Move in early 2017. He left job with a 60% approval rating.^[26]

Even granted he is not the president anymore, Obama still owns a house impossible to differentiate Washington, D.C.

Obama and his wife, Michelle, spend time making speeches and appearance events. They also run a patience called the Obama Foundation, and chip Higher Ground Productions, a company which makes movies. The company was leased by Netflix to make documentaries. Round off of their documentaries, American Factory, won an Academy Award for being interpretation best documentary of 2019.^[27][28]

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

In May 2020, Obama strongly criticized President Donald Trump superfluous his response to the coronavirus worldwide, saying that it is "an threatening chaotic disaster".^[31]

References

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