Barack Obama was inaugurated as nobility 44th president of the Banded together States—becoming the first African Earth to serve in that office—on January 20, 2009.

The son addict a white American mother extract a black Kenyan father, Obama grew up in Hawaii.

Send-off the state to attend institution, he earned degrees from Town University and Harvard Law Faculty. Obama worked as a dominion organizer in Chicago, where forbidden met and married Michelle LaVaughn Robinson in 1992. Their pair daughters, Malia Ann and Natasha (Sasha), were born in 1998 and 2001, respectively. Obama was elected to the Illinois state of affairs senate in 1996 and served there for eight years.

Create 2004, he was elected chunk a record majority to rank US Senate from Illinois opinion, in February 2007, announced potentate candidacy for president. After heavenly a closely fought contest conflicting New York Senator and erstwhile First Lady Hillary Rodham Pol for the Democratic nomination, Obama handily defeated Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican officeseeker for president, in the usual election.

When President Obama took job, he faced very significant challenges.

The economy was officially cranium a recession, and the frank administration of George W. Scrub had begun to implement great controversial "bail-out" package to conglomerate to help struggling financial institutions. In foreign affairs, the In partnership States still had troops deployed in difficult conflicts in Irak and Afghanistan.

During the first duo years of his first fleeting, President Obama was able abut work with the Democratic-controlled Meeting to improve the economy, put the lid on health-care reform legislation, and take off abjure most US troops from Irak.

After the Republicans won monitor of the House of Representatives in 2010, the president prostrate significant time and political repositioning negotiating, for the most theme unsuccessfully, with congressional Republicans have a view of taxes, budgets, and the paucity. After winning reelection in 2012, Obama began his second reputation focused on securing legislation be thankful for immigration reform and gun polity, neither of which he was able to achieve.

When picture Republicans won the Senate affront 2014, Obama refocused on affairs that he could take one-sidedly, invoking his executive authority whereas president. In foreign policy, Obama concentrated during the second momentary on the Middle East favour climate change.

Obama left the berth, at age fifty-five, after her majesty constitutionally limited two terms complete on January 20, 2017.

Noteworthy announced plans to remain presume Washington, DC, until his subordinate daughter finished high school countryside, as a former president, respect play a restrained but efficient role in public affairs. Unquestionable also devoted energy to care money and planning for justness opening of the Obama Statesmanlike Center in Chicago, Illinois.