Barrack Obama Biography, Networth, Career, Family, Presidency.

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• Full Names: Barack Hussein Obama II
• Age: 60 Years

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Barrack Obama Biography

Barack Obama was the 44th President of the United States. Born to an American white American mother and an African-American Kenyan father. He was the first African-American person to be elected to the presidency. Before becoming president He served for three terms in his district of the 13th District in the Illinois Senate and gained national recognition in his bid to represent Illinois in the United States Senate. He graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School He was a highly successful civil rights lawyer before entering politics. He was elected as a senator in Senate in the U.S. Senate in 2004 He started running for president in the year 2007. After securing enough delegates at the Democratic Party primaries to receive the presidential nomination, he then went to win the election by defeating Republican candidate John McCain in the general election. He took office as president of the United States in January 2009 at a time when the nation was struggling in the global recession. The expectations were high for the president who was to take over and the burden he carries are enormous. In the initial few months, the president implemented numerous reforms to improve economic stability and increase the growth of the economy. Obama also overhauled the foreign policy of America. Obama was re-elected for another presidential term in November of 2012.

Childhood & Early Life

Obama was born Barack Hussein Obama II on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Obama, Sr., and his wife, Stanley Ann Dunham. His mother was white American and had a lot of English descent, while his father was African Kenyan. His parents split at the time Barack was a baby.

His mother was studying before she became pregnant with Barack Obama and Obama lived with his maternal grandparents for a short period of time as his mother finished her studies.

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Barack Obama graduated from high school in 1979 and subsequently relocated to Los Angeles to attend Occidental College. In 1981, Obama transferred to Columbia College, Columbia University in New York City, where his major was in political science, with a specialization in international relations. He earned an honors degree in 1983.

From June 1985 until May 1988, the man served as an organizer of the community people with low incomes in the Roseland and Altgeld Gardens communities.

He was accepted into Harvard Law School in the fall of 1988. He was awarded the degree of J.D. Magna cum laure in 1991. While a student, he worked as head of the Harvard Law Review, and his appointment as the first president of color of Harvard Law Review gained national media coverage.

Career

He accepted part-time teaching at the University of Chicago Law School in 1992 as a lecturer. later being promoted to Senior Lecturer.

The firm which he joined was Miner, Barnhill & Galland to become an attorney for civil rights. He worked as an associate, from 1993 until 1996 and acted as counsel between 1996 and 2004.

He stepped into politics and was able to run as a Democrat to be a member of the Illinois State Senate in 1996. He was the sponsor of a law that increased tax credits for people with low incomes, bargained for welfare reform, and advocated for more child care subsidies. He was elected in 1998 and was reelected in 2002.

He chose to run for U.S. Senate in 2004 and was elected by a surprise majority in the primary elections in March. He gave the keynote speech during the 2004 Democratic National Convention which was a hugely popular speech. He was officially sworn in as a senator on the 3rd of January, 2005.

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As a Senator, he also cosponsored as a cosponsor of Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act and introduced the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006. He also introduced legislation relating to the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act and an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act to add protections for discharges from the military for personality disorders.

A feisty man and a prominent political leader throughout the U.S., Barack Obama chose to run for president and announced his candidacy for president of the United States, in 2007. Obama was elected as the President of the Democratic Party.

Obama defeated Republican presidential candidate John McCain in the United States presidential election on November 4 of 2008. Obama was awarded more than 365 electoral votes as opposed to the 173 elective votes obtained by McCain. Obama’s running partner, Delaware Senator Joe Biden became vice president.

Barack Obama was sworn in as president on January 20th the 20th of January, 2009. Obama was inaugurated in a period when the American economic system was in chaos, and was in the midst of a global recession that was severe.

He began work immediately and immediately began to implement financial reforms that would reduce the nation’s debt while paying attention to the education and health care system of the nation. His main goal was stabilizing the American economy, which was in decline during the recession.

To aid in helping the economy recover from recession President Obama approved his signature on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 which was a 787 billion stimulus plan for the economy which included an increase in federal spending on infrastructure, health care, education, as well as a variety of incentives and tax breaks.

He highlighted the importance of innovation-based economics to improve America’s United States to be more competitive globally in his 2011 State of the Union Address. The year before President Obama adopted the Budget Control Act in an attempt to limit the spending of the government and to prevent the government from committing a default on its obligations to its creditors.

Obama became president in the midst of a turbulent political climate and dealt with a variety of security and military matters throughout his term. Obama authorized a raid on what was believed to be the home that was the home of Osama bin Laden who was the leader of al-Qaeda located in Pakistan. The raid, carried out by United States Navy SEALs on 1 May 2011 led to the death of bin Laden and the seizure of computers, documents, as well as disks, and papers from the place in which he was hiding.

On his very first day as president, he was a proponent of gay marriages and was a champion for women’s rights to make their own medical decisions. Also, he made college accessible to thousands of students. These and other actions, together with the crucial role that he played in helping to help the American business recover from recession as well as in tackling terrorists led to him being a highly respected and well-liked president.

Barack Obama faced Republican opponent Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. Obama won the election and was inaugurated for another term on 20 January 2013. For his third term, he’s demanded full equality for LGBT Americans and has sought to normalize U.S. relations with Cuba.

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Barack Obama’s term came to an end on the 20th of January in 2017, shortly after the election of his successor, Donald Trump, and he was removed from office with a 60 percent approval rating. Obama lives in Washington, D.C.

Major Works

In 2009, he signed into law the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to encourage economic growth in the midst of the global recession. Within a few months, there was an increase in the number of new jobs being created, and claims of unemployment started to decrease. In the course of one year, more than 3.7 million jobs in the private sector were created.

Obama doubled renewable power production during the first year of his presidency. He also made orders for every federal agency to reduce their environmental impact in the next five years to 2020. 30% reduction in the use of gasoline by fleets, and a 26 percent boost in water efficiency are a couple of the targets envisioned in order to lower the environmental impact over the next several years.

As president, his primary goal was to revive the American economy following the recession. He also made the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010) to regulate the financial industry following its decline in the recession.

He approved the operation, code-named Operation Neptune Spear, to proceed with the operation against Osama bin Laden’s home located in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May of 2011. The operation led to the killing of a notorious terrorist who managed to escape capture until now.

He is also known for his views on same-sex marriages as well as LGBT rights. He advocated for complete equality for gays in his second inaugural speech on January 21st, 2013. This was the first time the president had mentioned gay rights or gay in his inaugural speech. He is in favor of couples who are identical to each other adopting children.

Awards & Achievements

He has been awarded two Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Awards. He was awarded the award for the abridged versions of his audiobook of ‘Dreams from my Father’ (2006) and for “The Audacity of Hope” (2008).

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In 2009, The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Barack Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”.

The magazine ‘Time’ has named Obama the People of the Year twice in 2008 and 2012.

Personal Life & Legacy

Barack Obama met Michelle Robinson in 1989 when she was employed in the summer as an associate in Sidley Austin. Chicago lawyer firm Sidley Austin. The couple began dating and then got married in 1992. They have twin daughters Malia as well as Natasha.

Top 10 Facts You Did Not Know About Barack Obama

• Obama was a small boy when his mother saw his potential in him and informed him she believed that he would be President of the United States when he grew old.
• He would write poetry as an innocent young man who was in love.
• The word Barack refers to “one who is blessed” in Swahili.
• As a boy living in Indonesia, there was an ape as a pet named Tata.
• Obama admits to having used drugs like cocaine and marijuana when he was a teen.
• His basketball abilities earned him the name “O’Bomber” in high school.
• He loves comics! Has read all Harry Potter books and collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics.
• He’s had the pleasure of trying some bizarre dishes such as snake meat, dog meat, and roasting grasshoppers during his time in Indonesia.
• His nickname in childhood used to be “Barry” and it was only in his college years when he began to be known by his full name.
• He has four identical sizes of 11 black shoes.

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