Barack Obama

Barack Obama is the 44th President of United States of America. He is the first African American to win the race for the White House. Obama's charisma, intelligence, and powerful speeches have made him extremely popular with many Americans. He has been very successful with his messages such as " Change we need ", " Change we can believe in " and " Yes we can." Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961 to Barack Obama Sr.,a Kenyan father and Ann Dunham, an American mother. The name " Barack " means " one who is blessed." When he was young his family and his friends called him " Barry " for short.

Barack's parents separated when he was two years old and divorced when he was four. His father eventually returned to Kanya and he saw his son only once more before his death in 1982.
Obama's mother later married an Indonesian man. In 1967, Barack's family moved to Ja kata, where he live from age six to ten. In 1970, Obama's half sister, Maya Soetoro was born. However, Ann Dunham's second marriage begin to disintegrate. She missed her home in US and wanted her children to grow and be educated there.

When Obama was ten, he returned to Honolulu and lived with his grandparents. he
attended the renowned Punahou School until he graduated in 1979. After his high school Barack moved to Los Angeles to attend Occidental College. He studied there for two years and then transferred to Columbia University in New York City, where he majored in Political Science and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983.

After graduation, Barack worked in New York at Business International Corporation and New York Public Interest Research Group before returning to Chicago, where he became a community organizer which worked to improve living conditions in poor neighbourhoods.
Barack entered Harvard Law School in 1988, where he was elected the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review in its 104-year history. He taught law at University of Chicago Law School for twelve years.

Barack met Michelle Robinson in 1989, whom he married in 1992. Michelle and Barack have two daughters, Malia ( born 1999 ) and Sasha ( born 2001 ).

In 1995, Barack released his first best selling book: " Dreams from My Father " and his mother died for cancer.

He became an Illinois Senator in 1996, where he would serve from 1997 to 2004. He become the fifth African American Senator in US history. He supported legislation on conservation, energy, immigration and honest leadership.

On 10th February 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for President of US in the 2008 presidential election. After defeated senator Hillary Clinton in the primaries, Obama became the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2008 presidential election.

In November 2008, he defeated John McCain in a very hard- fought battle and become the first African American President of the United States of America.

Obama is currently battling with serious issues such as the economy, the global credit crisis and wars in Irag and Afghaniston.

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