Barack Hussein Obama II (IPA: /Barack-Hussein-Obama-en-US-pronunciation.ogg/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as the junior United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the 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 taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Obama served three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he ran for United States Senate in 2004. Several events brought him to national attention during the campaign, including his victory in the March 2004 Democratic primary election for the United States Senator from Illinois and his prime-time televised keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He won election to the U.S. Senate in November 2004. (via Wikipedia)

---

About Barack Obama

---

Preceded By: George W. Bush

Nationality: American

Religion: Christianity

Children: Malia Ann Obama, Natasha (Sasha) Obama

Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii

Birth Date: Aug 4, 1961

Start: January 20, 2009

Spouse: Michelle Obama

Vice President: Joe Biden

Residence: The White House (official) Chicago, Illinois (private)

Political party: Democratic

Occupation: Constitutional law professor
Lawyer
Community organizer
Author

Name At Birth: Barack Hussein Obama II

Website: Barack Obama
The White House

University Attended: Occidental College
Harvard Law School
Columbia University

---

Pictures

---

Videos

---

Related Articles

---

Mid Atlantic digs out after snowstorm

7 Feb 2010 18:21:00 GMT | Stuff

---

Obama need not wait to change relations with Congress

7 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT | washingtonpost.com

---

Obama tells Dem activists to be optimistic; says he won't walk away from health care overhaul

7 Feb 2010 07:28:00 GMT | Chicago Tribune

---

 

Who is here!

Signup on Barack Obama