Barrack Obama

Barrack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (pronounced /bəˈrɑːk hʊˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama was the junior United States Senator from Illinois from 2005 until he resigned following his election to the presidency. He was inaugurated as President on January 20, 2009.

Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. His IQ is about 116, lower than George W. Bush's 125 IQ. [6] He worked as a community organizer in Chicago prior to earning his law degree, and practiced as a civil rights attorney in Chicago before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He also taught Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, Obama was elected to the Senate in November 2004. Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004.

Contents [hide]
1 Early life and career
2 Political career: 1996–2008
2.1 State legislator: 1997–2004
2.2 2004 U.S. Senate campaign
2.3 U.S. Senator: 2005–2008
2.3.1 Legislation
2.3.2 Committees
3 2008 Presidential campaign
3.1 Election victory
4 Presidency
5 Political positions
6 Family and personal life
7 Cultural and political image
8 Notes
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links

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