Barack Hussein Obama II

Born:

August 4, 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.

Nationality:

American

Profession(s):

Politician, Lawyer, Author

Early Life and Education

• Born to Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham.
• Lived in Indonesia from 1967 to 1971.
• Graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu in 1979.
• B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University in 1983.
• J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1991, where he was the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review.

Career and Major Achievements

• Community organizer in Chicago from 1985 to 1988.
• Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.
• Illinois State Senator from 1997 to 2004.
• United States Senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008.
• 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
• Oversaw the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
• Ended the Iraq War.
• Authorized the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
• Oversaw the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Notable Works

• Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (1995)
• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (2006)
• A Promised Land (2020)

Legacy and Impact

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Awards and Recognition

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