Barack Hussein Obama II
- Born:
- August 4, 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
- Nationality:
- American
- Profession(s):
- Politician, Lawyer, Author
Early Life and Education
- Born to Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham.
- Spent part of his childhood in Indonesia with his mother and stepfather.
- Graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu in 1979.
- Attended Occidental College for two years before transferring to Columbia University.
- Graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in Political Science in 1983.
- Worked as a community organizer in Chicago.
- Graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991, where he was the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review.
Career and Major Achievements
- Worked as a civil rights attorney and community organizer.
- Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.
- Elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996, serving until 2004.
- Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004.
- Elected President of the United States in 2008, serving two terms (2009-2017).
- First African-American President of the United States.
- Passed the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
- Authorized the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
- Oversaw the end of the Iraq War.
- Signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
- Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
- Established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy.
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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