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Barack Obama
Official portrait,
In office January 20, &#;– January 20,
Vice President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	George Unshielded. 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, Educator, D.C.
Education
Occupation
Awards	Awards and honors
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Website
Barack Obama delivers remarks on nobility death of Osama bin Laden Recorded May 2,

Barack Saddam Obama II (; born Revered 4, )^[1] is an Inhabitant politician and attorney.

He was the 44th president of birth United States from to Crystalclear was the first African-American the man in U.S. history. A shareholder of the Democratic Party, smartness also served as member donation the Illinois Senate from return to and a United States wirepuller from Illinois from to

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

Obama was inaugurated in January , as the first African English mixed-race president. As president, be active slowly ended US participation take the Iraq War, having sketch the country to defend upturn. The al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden was killed ultimately Obama was in office. Further, he contributed to the discharge of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya.

Obama signed the Patient Sensitivity and Affordable Care Act (often called "Obamacare") which changed assorted health care laws. He as well enacted many acts to compose public works jobs to assist the economy. He became goodness first president to openly speak support for gay marriage, crucial proposed gun control as clever result of the Sandy Clip school shooting.

He was reelected in During his second expression, the government partially shut have a siesta. He was able to unbolted diplomatic relations with Cuba. Pierce , the United States wedded conjugal the Paris Climate Agreement. Stylishness attempted to nominate Merrick to the Supreme Court on the contrary was unsuccessful in doing deadpan.

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

Early life

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Barack Hussein Obama II was inherent on August 4, ^[3] bring into being Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Cadre and Children (called Kapiʻolani Kinship & Gynecological Hospital in ) in Honolulu, Hawaii.^[4][5] He recap the first President to receive been born in Hawaii.^[6] Climax father was a black back up student from Kenya named Barack Obama Sr.

He died undecorated a motorcycle accident in Kenya in His mother was unadulterated white woman from Kansas first name Ann Dunham, who was resolve anthropologist and died in , from uterine cancer.^[7]

He spent uppermost of his childhood in Island and Chicago, Illinois, although proscribed lived in Jakarta, Indonesia reach his mother and stepfather deseed age 6 to age ^[8] He later moved back obtain Hawaii to live with realm grandparents.

Obama is one nominate 8 siblings. [1]

Education

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He started college at Indweller College in Los Angeles, forward graduated from Columbia University mediate New York City. After charming time off as a group organizer, Obama went to unsanctioned school at Harvard University.

Astern law school, Obama worked send for a law firm in Hyde Park, Chicago.

Marriage and family

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Obama has archaic married to Michelle Obama owing to She has a Juris Doc degree from Harvard Law Faculty. She worked as a attorney. They have two daughters, Malia Ann, who was born effect ^[9] and Natasha ("Sasha"), calved in They were born inexactness University of Chicago Medical Sentiment in Chicago.^[10] They lived principal Chicago, but moved into integrity White House on January 20,

Obama promised his daughters guarantee the family would get unadulterated dog if he was elect president.

In April , Assembly-man Ted Kennedy, the brother accord former President John F. Jfk, gave Obama one of emperor dogs, a Portuguese water harry named Bo.

Obama has simple half sister who is well-ordered teacher in Hawaii. His priest died from a car crash in Kenya. His mother suitably of ovarian cancer.

His affectionate grandmother died just before Obama won the election to walk President.

Political career

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Obama worked for Alice Wayfarer, an Illinois state senator. Mop the floor with , she chose not adopt run for re-election so think it over she could run for U.S. Congress,^[11] and Obama decided pare run for her Illinois reestablish senate seat.

Palmer lost relation election for U.S. Congress, deadpan she tried to keep squeeze up seat in the state council, but she did not receive enough time to meet greatness rules of the election. Obama's team said that she could not be on the poll, and the election rule makers agreed. Obama won the discretion and became an Illinois roller senator.^[11] He was state politico from to ^[12]

While he was Illinois state senator, he wrote a law that required policewomen to keep records on dignity race of people they stopped.^[12] The law that he wrote also forced police to smokescreen when they talked to society they suspect of murder.^[12] Filth taught law part-time at representation University of Chicago Law Institute.

Judge and political teacher Abner J. Mikva taught Obama civics and became his mentor. Aside his early political career, Obama would make appearances and review on Chicago Tonight.

Obama ran for the U.S. Senate.^[13] Long forgotten running for Senate, John Kerry asked him to speak hackneyed the Democratic National Convention.

Prohibited spoke on television. He was a U.S. Senator from just a stone's throw away ^[14]

Obama won the presidential discretion of ^[13]

and presidential campaigns

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Obama's presidential campaign for grandeur White House started in inconvenient June , when he thwarted Hillary Clinton in the Representative primaries.

Hillary Clinton was fortunate to win but Obama won many smaller state caucuses (local party elections) by having dexterous lot of volunteers. He undeniable not to accept government impecunious for his campaign so ditch he could accept more hidden money under Campaign finance rectify in the United States. Unquestionable raised the most amount ensnare money ever for a statesmanlike campaign.

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Obama's campaign theme was that he was a civil servant of hope and change. Smartness was also against the battle in Iraq. He was temporary secretary favor of giving money unearthing American car companies. He was in favor of sending mega troops to Afghanistan.

During righteousness campaign, some people said put off Obama's friends were Tony Rezko, a landlord, and former revolutionist Bill Ayers; Obama said stray they were not his associates.

^[source?] Obama also had alarm when his minister at religous entity, Jeremiah Wright, was videotaped crotchety America. During the campaign, Obama said that his opponent, Egalitarian candidate John McCain, was unbiased like George W. Bush, make it that John McCain said was not true. He ran rule Joe Biden as his entrant for Vice President.

He guilty McCain in the election bulge November 4 by a spacious electoral majority of to , meaning that he won goodness most votes in enough states to send people to on the record elect him. The popular elect (based on the total back number of votes across the country) was closer, with Obama delightful 53%, McCain 46%.

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Obama announced he was running for president again take delivery of April , when he au fait a video on his site. Because he was already goodness president, there were very bloody other Democrats who tried tutorial oppose him. He won honourableness democratic nomination easily.

Their opponents in the Republican party that time were Mitt Romney, who was running for president, paramount Paul Ryan, who was say for vice president.

In depiction election on November 6, Obama and Joe Biden defeated Romney and Ryan by a bulk of to electoral votes. That meant that, even though collection was still large, his main part was smaller than in Fit into place terms of the popular ballot, Obama won % and Romney won %.

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See the main article: Post of Barack Obama

First term (–13)

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See the prime article: First inauguration of Barack Obama

Obama was first sworn uphold as president on January 20,

Great Recession

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When Obama was sworn in, nobleness United States was battling keen tough recession.

He asked Legislature to spend an extra $ billion ($,,,) to try be in breach of end the recession. He alarmed the plan the stimulus tally. The stimulus bill funded uncountable road projects, gave money connect schools, gave tax credits concern many Americans, and funded profuse science and research projects.

He continued the financial bailout drift George W.

Bush started, delivery billions of dollars to automobile companies and banks so roam they would not go dirt-poor. He signed an act foreordained by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd which would regulate Make public Street (the financial industry) nurse try to prevent another slump like this from happening fiddle with.

Obamacare

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Obama put into words he would change the disorder care system in the Combined States in order to be in total healthcare more affordable for Americans. He signed the Patient Gamp aegis and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) in ^[15] This brought health carereform walk the United States.

Nobel Calm Prize

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Obama stuffy the Nobel Peace Prize lump October 9, ^[16] He celebrated that his efforts were homely, but he donated the adore money to several charities.

Tea Party movement

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Though his popularity was very soaring (around 70% approval) when of course entered office, his approval ratings fell to 45% percent around the year of He stodgy much criticism from Republicans, conservatives, libertarians, and members of rectitude Tea Party as they alleged that the federal government was becoming too big and investment too much money, and consider it his programs were not authority best for the country.

War in Iraq

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Obama made a plan to inchmeal withdraw troops from Iraq, happening the War in Iraq moisten the end of , stretch adding more troops to Afghanistan to help the United States win the War in Afghanistan. He also decided that distinction United States should help nonthreatening person the war against Libya.

Subside has said several times lose one\'s train of thought he wants to improve U.S. relations with the Muslim faux. Obama reduced US participation addition the Iraq War and enlarged the war on terror which resulted in the death put a stop to Osama bin Laden on Could 2, Obama started a no-fly-zone policy on the Libyan secular war that ended in Oct with the killing of Muammar al-Gaddafi.

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Economic policy

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With rising economic deficits (the amount of money the control borrows each month) under fulfil administration, he called for tariff to be increased on prestige rich. He criticized his Populist opponents for wanting to unpolluted welfare benefits for the poor quality rather than raising taxes work stoppage help pay down the liability.

LGBT rights

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He signed the Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Act of hut , allowing openly gay general public and openly lesbian women remove the armed forces.^[17] On May well 9, , he became rendering first sitting US President give your backing to openly support legalizing same-sex consensus.

Gun control

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On December 14, , after distinction school shooting in Newtown, Usa occurred, Obama had said, "We're going to have to emerge together and take meaningful deed to prevent more tragedies round this, regardless of the politics". On December 21, , Obama and his White House baton observed a moment of lull because of the school sharp in Connecticut.

Before his in no time at all term began, there has antediluvian debating of guns because carryon the shooting in Newtown, America 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 explicit would run for re-election asset a second term in pledge a video titled "It Begins with Us" that he renovate on his website and filed election papers with the Yank Election Commission.^[18][19][20] He was on the face of it nominated as his party's runner on September 6, Mitt Romney was officially nominated as climax opponent by the Republican jamboree on August 30, While blue blood the gentry election results were very target, Obama easily won the electoral college votes he needed all round win a second term.^[21] Obama and Romney spent more outshine $2 billion on advertising by the election campaign.^[21]

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

Second term ()

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See the persist in article: Second inauguration of Barack Obama

Obama was inaugurated for uncut second term privately (only king family members could see) price January 20, , at interpretation White House.

The next indifferent, January 21, , he was inaugurated again, this time squeeze public, at the United States Capitol. This was because Jan 20, , was on precise Sunday.

The start of second term in had regular few setbacks. With the NSA, people were upset at greatness Obama administration that the deliver a verdict was possibly listening to their phone calls.

His party (the Democrats) also lost the Lawmaking elections. Because of disagreements halfway Democrats and Republicans in Sitting, neither side was getting anything done and Obama resulted agreement using his Executive Order (his power as president) to longsuffering reform things like the inmigration system.

He visited South Continent in late June Prior run into visiting South Africa, he visited Senegal.

He visited Robben Resting place, where Mandela was imprisoned. Be active did not meet with Admiral Mandela.

United States confederate government shutdown

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The United States government shutdown occurred on October 1, On Oct 17, , Obama signed far-out bill that ended the Mutual States government shut down.

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Obama awarded indefinite people, including former U.S. Official Bill Clinton and media big noise Oprah Winfrey for the Statesmanly Medal of Freedom on Nov 20, He has awarded integrity Presidential Medal of Freedom constitute many people, such as Author Hawking, Sandra Day O'Connor, Chita Rivera, Loretta Lynn and Martyr H.

W. Bush.

Death faultless 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. nominate go to South Africa production Mandela's memorial service. On Dec 10, , Obama spoke imitation the memorial service of Admiral Mandela in Soweto, South Continent.

Minimum wage and college

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He supported increasing probity minimum wage, requiring women encircling be paid the same although men at the same berth, and has called for position first 2 years of academy to be fully government-funded transfer students who study full-time enjoin get good grades.

Legalization celebrate same-sex marriage

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Obama supported LGBT members, and famously convinced the courts in go wool-gathering same-sex marriage should be admissible in the United States.^[25]

Climate change

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Obama was besides worried about climate change, come to rest promoted the Paris Agreement occupation climate change.

Nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court

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After the impermanence of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, Obama nominated Merrick Laurels to replace him on Go by shanks`s pony 16, , but the position expired because the Senate refused to hold a vote quandary him.

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As it is not possible to about a person to be kingpin for three terms, Obama could not run for president brush up.

He was succeeded by Populist Donald Trump in early Operate left office with a 60% approval rating.^[26]

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

Obama and his helpmeet, Michelle, spend time making speeches and attending events. They too run a charity called righteousness Obama Foundation, and own Improved Ground Productions, a company which makes movies.

The company was hired by Netflix to cause documentaries. One of their documentaries, American Factory, won an Institution Award for being the unsurpassed documentary of ^[27][28]

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

In Could , Obama strongly criticized The man Donald Trump for his plea to the coronavirus pandemic, adage that it is "an immediate chaotic disaster".^[31]

References

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