Barack Obama Biography

Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama was the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until November 2008, when he resigned following his election to the presidency.

Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and also taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He began his run for the presidency in February 2007. After a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Rodham Clinton, he won his party's nomination, becoming the first major party African American candidate for president. In the 2008 general election, he defeated Republican candidate John McCain and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009.

Name:Barack Obama

Born :August 4, 1961 (1961-08-04) (age 47),Honolulu, Hawaii.

Birth name:Barack Hussein Obama II.

Nationality :American

Political party: Democratic

Spouse:Michelle Obama (m. 1992)

Children:Malia Ann (b.1998)

Natasha (Sasha) (b.2001)

Residence :Chicago, IL (private),White House, Washington, D.C. (official)

Alma mater:Occidental College, Columbia University (B.A.), Harvard Law School (J.D.)

Occupation:Community organizer,Lawyer,Constitutional law professor,Author

Religion:Christian, former member of United Church of Christ.