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...

Date of birth:

Aug 4, 1961

Country of nationality:

United States

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Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.,
Barack Hussein Obama,
Obama,
President Obama

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Barack Obama Quotes

“ Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
“ There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America - there's the United States of America.”
“ I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.”

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Government

Vice president:

Joe Biden

Appointees:

Officeholder	Office, position, or title	Governmental body (if position is part of one)	From
Melody Barnes	Director of the Domestic Policy Council	Executive Office of the President of the United States	Jan 2009
Christina Romer	Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers	Executive Office of the President of the United States	Jan 2009
Rob Nabors	Deputy Director of the Office of Management & Budget	Executive Office of the President of the United States	Jan 2009
Robert Gibbs	White House Press Secretary	Executive Office of the President of the United States	Jan 2009
Lawrence Summers	Head of National Economic Council	Executive Office of the President of the United States	Jan 2009
Christina Tchen	White House Director of Public Liaison	Executive Office of the President of the United States	Jan 20, 2009
Phil Schiliro	Assistant to the President, Legislative Affairs	Executive Office of the President of the United States	Jan 20, 2009
Ellen Moran	White House Communications Director	Executive Office of the President of the United States	Jan 20, 2009
Ron Kirk	United States Trade Representative	Executive Office of the President of the United States	Jan 20, 2009
David Axelrod	Senior Advisor to the President of the United States	Executive Office of the President of the United States	Jan 20, 2009

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Government Positions Held:

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
Illinois State Senator	Illinois Senate	Illinois			Jan 8, 1997	Nov 4, 2004
United States Senator	United States Senate	United States	109th United States Congress 110th United States Congress	Illinois	Jan 4, 2005	Nov 16, 2008
President of the United States		United States			Jan 20, 2009

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Party:

Democratic Party

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Legislative committees served on:

Committee	Session
United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations	110th United States Congress
United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions	110th United States Congress

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U.S. Senator Barack Obama Podcast

Location:

Washington

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Heterosexual

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Awards Won:

Year	Award	Winning work (e.g. a book or performance)
2006	Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album	Dreams from My Father

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Person	Title
Adam Frankel	Speechwriter
Ben Rhodes	Speechwriter

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Congressional Black Caucus

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Matt Santos

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You know, I’ve always wanted to ask one of these guys a question and really corner them and get them to answer a question for once instead of tap dancing around it. And unfortunately I asked the question, but I still got a tap dance. Almost as good as Sammy Davis Jr.

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Maya Soetoro-Ng

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Place of birth:

Honolulu

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Spouse (or domestic partner):

Spouse	From	Type of union
Michelle Obama	Oct 18, 1992	Marriage

Employment history:

Employer	Title	From	To
University of Chicago	Lecturer	1993	2004
Miner, Barnhill & Galland	Associate Attorney	1993	1996
Sidley Austin	Associate Attorney	1988	1988
Business International Corporation	Editor	1983	1984

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Gender:

Male

Education:

Institution	Start Date	End Date	Degree	Major/Field Of Study	Specialization
Harvard Law School	1988	1991	Juris Doctor
Columbia University		1983	Bachelor of Arts	Political Science	International relations
Occidental College
Punahou School		1979

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Height:

1.88 m

Weight:

80 kg

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The Audacity of Hope

Dreams from My Father

Barack Obama in His Own Words

Change We Can Believe In

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