Barack Hussein Obama II

Born:

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

Nationality:

American

Profession(s):

Politician, Lawyer, Author

Early Life and Education

• Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham.
• Spent part of his childhood in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu in 1979.
• Received a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University in 1983.
• Earned a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1991, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review.

Career and Major Achievements

• Worked as a community organizer in Chicago from 1985 to 1988.
• Taught constitutional law 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, representing Illinois.
• Elected as the 44th President of the United States in 2008, serving two terms (2009-2017).
• Oversaw the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
• Authorized the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
• Oversaw the end of the Iraq War.
• Signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to stimulate the economy during the Great Recession.
• Negotiated the Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action).

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 Honors

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