Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is the President of the United States and a former junior United States Senator from Illinois. Obama is the first African American to be elected President of the United States. He is a graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review. Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving... More

Date of birth:

  • Aug 4, 1961 7:24pm (age 50 years)

President number:

  • 44

Vice president:

Also known as:

  • Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.,
  • Barack Hussein Obama,
  • Obama,
  • President Obama,
  • Barack H. Obama II,
  • Barack Hussein Obama II,
  • Barack Obama II,
  • President Barack Hussein Obama II,
  • Sen. Barack Obama,
  • Obama, Barack

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Spouse From Type of union
  • Oct 18, 1992

Height:

  • 1.854 m (6.083 ft )

Weight:

  • 80 kg (180 lb )
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Year Award Winning work Notes/Description
  • 2006
  • 2009
  • "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"
  • 2008
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Nobel Peace Prize Winners

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List Rank Year Note
  • 20
  • 2009
  • Leaders & Revolutionaries

Time 100 of 2009

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Vice president

Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (pronunciation: /ˈdʒoʊsɨf rɒbɨˈnɛt ˈbaɪdən/; born November 20, 1942) is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama. A Democrat, he was a United States Senator from Delaware from January 3, 1973 until his...

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Basic title Office, position, or title Governmental body (if position is part of one) Jurisdiction of office Legislative sessions District represented (if position is district-related) From To
  • Jan 8, 1997
  • Nov 4, 2004
  • Jan 4, 2005
  • Nov 16, 2008
  • Jan 20, 2009
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President of the United States of United States of America

The 44th President of the United States

← Preceeded By

George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. Before that...

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  • 2005
  • 2008
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  • Jan 2009
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  • /bəˈrɑːk oʊˈbɑːmə/
  • Barack Obama

Official name:

  • Barack Hussein Obama II
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