Barack Obama is the 44th and current president of the United States, and the first African American to serve as U.S. president. First elected to the presidency in 2008, he won a second term in 2012.

Synopsis

Born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Barack Obama is the 44th as well as existing head of state of the United States. He was chosen to the U.S. presidency in 2008, and also won re-election in 2012 against Republican opposition Mitt Romney.

Early Life

Barack Hussein Obama was born upon August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His mom, Ann Dunham, grew up in Wichita, Kansas, where her father worked on oil well throughout the Great Depression. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dunham's father, Stanley, enlisted in the service as well as marched throughout Europe in Patton's army. Dunham's mother, Madelyn, went to work with a bombing plane production line. After the battle, the couple studied on the G.I. Bill, purchased a house via the Federal Housing Program as well as, after numerous actions, landed in Hawaii.

Education

While coping with his grandparents, Obama enrolled in the esteemed Punahou Academy, mastering basketball as well as graduating with scholastic honors in 1979. As one of only 3 black students at the institution, Obama became conscious of bigotry and also exactly what it implied to be African-American. He later on described just how he struggled to fix up social assumptions of his multiracial heritage with his own sense of self: "I began to see there was nobody like me in the Sears, Roebuck Christmas directory ... which Santa was a white male," he claimed. "I went to the bathroom as well as filled in front of the mirror with all my senses as well as limbs relatively intact, looking the method I had constantly looked, and asked yourself if something was wrong with me.".

Regulation Career.

It was throughout this moment that Barack Obama, that claimed he "was not raised in a spiritual home," joined the Trinity United Church of Christ. He also checked out family members in Kenya, which included an emotional browse through to the tombs of his natural father and also concerned grandpa. "For a long period of time I rested in between both graves and also cried," Obama stated. "I saw that my life in America-- the black life, the white life, the feeling of abandonment I really felt as a kid, the stress as well as hope I would certainly observed in Chicago-- all of it was connected with this tiny plot of planet a sea away.".

Entrance Into Illinois Politics.

Obama published an autobiography, Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and also Inheritance, in 1995. The 2006 audiobook version of Dreams, narrated by Obama, received a Grammy Award (finest spoken word album).

ONE HUNDRED Days.

In between Inauguration Day and April 29, 2009, the Obama administration required to the industry on lots of fronts. Obama coaxed Congress to broaden health care insurance policy for youngsters and also supply legal security for females seeking equivalent pay.

2010 State of the Union.

On January 27, 2010, President Obama supplied his very first State of the Union speech. Throughout his oration, Obama resolved the obstacles of the economy.

Challenges and also Successes.

In the 2nd part of his very first term as president, Obama dealt with a number of barriers as well as racked up some success as well. He authorized his health care reform plan, called the Affordable Care Act, right into regulation in March 2010. Obama's strategy is meant to build up.

2012 Re-Election.

In the 2012 election, Obama encountered Republican challenger Mitt Romney as well as Romney's vice-presidential running mate, U.S. Representative Paul Ryan. On the evening of November 6, 2012, Obama was revealed the champion of the election, acquiring a 2nd four-year term as head of state. Early election results showed a close race. By the early hrs of Wednesday, however, Obama had actually gotten greater than 270 electoral ballots-- the variety of ballots needed to win a U.S. governmental election; later on results showed that the head of state had actually won virtually 60 percent of the selecting vote, in addition to the preferred ballot by greater than 1 million ballots.

Birthed on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Barack Obama is the 44th as well as present head of state of the United States. Obama, urged by survey numbers, made a decision to run for the U.S. Senate open seat left by Republican Peter Fitzgerald. In the 2012 election, Obama faced Republican opponent Mitt Romney and Romney's vice-presidential running companion, U.S. Representative Paul Ryan. On the night of November 6, 2012, Obama was revealed the victor of the election, getting a 2nd four-year term as president. By the early hrs of Wednesday, however, Obama had actually obtained more than 270 selecting votes-- the number of ballots required to win a U.S. governmental election; later on results showed that the head of state had won virtually 60 percent of the selecting vote, as well as the prominent vote by even more compared to 1 million tallies.

EDUCATION : -

B.A. (Political Science), Columbia University, 1983. J.D. magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1991.

PERSONAL : -

4 Aug 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, Married to Michelle Robinson Obama. Two daughters. United Church of Christ.

Barack Obama SENATE CAREER:

Obama, encouraged by poll numbers, decided to run for the U.S. Senate open seat vacated by Republican Peter Fitzgerald. In the 2004 Democratic primary, he won 52 percent of the vote, defeating multimillionaire businessman Blair Hull and Illinois Comptroller Daniel Hynes. That summer, he was invited to deliver the keynote speech in support of John Kerry at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. Obama emphasized the importance of unity, and made veiled jabs at the Bush administration and the diversionary use of wedge issues.

After the convention, Obama returned to his U.S. Senate bid in Illinois. His opponent in the general election was supposed to be Republican primary winner Jack Ryan, a wealthy former investment banker. However, Ryan withdrew from the race in June 2004, following public disclosure of unsubstantiated sexual deviancy allegations by Ryan's ex-wife, actress Jeri Ryan.

In August 2004, diplomat and former presidential candidate Alan Keyes accepted the Republican nomination to replace Ryan. In three televised debates, Obama and Keyes expressed opposing views on stem cell research, abortion, gun control, school vouchers and tax cuts. In the November 2004 general election, Obama received 70 percent of the vote to Keyes' 27 percent, the largest electoral victory in Illinois history. With his win, Barack Obama became only the third African-American elected to the U.S. Senate since the Reconstruction.

Sworn into office on January 4, 2005, Obama partnered with Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana on a bill that expanded efforts to destroy weapons of mass destruction in Eastern Europe and Russia. Then, with Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, he created a website to track all federal spending. Obama also spoke out for victims of Hurricane Katrina, pushed for alternative energy development and championed improved veterans' benefits.

His second book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, was published in October 2006. The work discussed Obama's visions for the future of America, many of which became talking points for his eventual presidential campaign. Shortly after its release, it hit No. 1 on both the New York Times and Amazon.com best-seller lists.

OFFICIAL CONTACT INFORMATION:

GOVERNMENT :

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/

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http://www.barackobama.com/

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