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Barack Obama

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  • Born 04 August 1961
  • Age 63
  • Birth Place Honolulu Hawaii, U.S.
  • Profession Politician, Lawyer, Author
  • Political Party Democratic
  • In Office 44th President Of The United States January 20, 2009 - January 20, 2017, United States Senatorfrom Illinois January 3, 2005 - November 16, 2008, Member Of The Illinois Senatefrom The 13th District January 8, 1997 - November 4, 2004
  • Residence White House, Tebet, Menteng, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, Jakarta, Kalorama

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  • Former President Of The United States

Barack Obama BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 11 Feb 2025
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017, becoming the first African-American to hold the office. His political career began in the Illinois State Senate (1997-2004), followed by a term as a U.S. Senator (2005-2008). Key policy...

Barack Obama PERSONAL LIFE

Father Barack Obama Sr.
Mother Stanley Ann Dunham
Spouse Michelle Robinson ​(1992), ​
Children Malia, Sasha
Education Punahou School, Occidental College, Columbia University (BA), Harvard University (JD)

POSITIONS HELD BY Barack Obama

Position Tenure
President of the United States 20 January 2009 - 20 January 2017
Member of the State Senate of Illinois 8 January 1997 - 4 November 2004
United States senator 3 January 2005 - 3 January 2007
United States senator 3 January 2007 - 16 November 2008
President-elect of the United States 4 November 2008 - 20 January 2009

BARACK OBAMA NEWS

An ex-labourer 'inspired by Barack Obama', Kamleshwar Dodiyar is MP's sole non-BJP, non-Congress MLA

December 10, 2023 9:33 am

Dodiyar, 33, wins on a ticket of the tribal Bharat Adivasi Party, after two poll losses; says wants to work for tribal families worse off than him

Rustin movie review: Barack Obama-produced Netflix film doesn't do justice to Colman Domingo's fiery central performance

November 23, 2023 8:03 am

Rustin movie review: Poorly directed but passionately performed, Netflix's biopic of the overlooked Civil Rights activist Bayard Rustin lets star Colman Domingo down with subpar storytelling.

Former US president Obama and Dalai Lama to visit Karnataka's Mandya in December

September 02, 2023 9:02 am

They will lay the foundation stone for the International Yoga and Meditation Centre to be built in Hallegere

Facts About Fiction: How not to fall prey to an AI-generated image for real

August 13, 2023 10:28 pm

It is very easy to make an AI-generated image, but it is also easy to spot such images through careful observation and critical analysis.

Barack Obama reveals his summer reading list; check out all the books

July 21, 2023 1:33 pm

"Here are some books that I’m reading this summer. Check them out and let me know what I should be reading next," he wrote.

'Books that shaped my life now challenged': Barack Obama on banning books

July 18, 2023 12:55 am

Obama cites American writers like Mark Twain, Toni Morrison, Walt Whitman and James Baldwin as inspirational, and credits them with teaching him “something essential” about America.

Barack Obama, save your breath: There are issues in America — India doesn’t need lectures on democracy

July 17, 2023 9:45 pm

The display of concern for the health of Indian democracy from some quarters in the US establishment is realpolitik at its cynical and self-serving best. If our interests align with theirs, if we agreed to adopt their priorities as ours, they couldn't care less if we were a monarchy or a democracy.

Vivek Katju writes: Why Barack Obama's comments provoked Nirmala Sitharaman and Rajnath Singh

June 30, 2023 1:31 pm

That Obama was out of line in making these comments is unquestionable. The question, though, is if the Modi government has been wise in responding to them in the manner it has or, if it would have been wiser to simply ignore them

Barack Obama gets candid with Hasan Minhaj about his end-of-year lists, mental health and dreams in the White House

June 25, 2023 5:52 pm

Right off the bat, Minhaj asks the 61-year-old whether his end-of-year lists are authentic. "I need you to look me in the eyes and be honest with me," he says at the beginning of the interview. "Mr. President, when you do your end-of-the-year lists, do you really read all those books, watch all those shows and listen to all those songs?"

'Many Hussain Obama in India', priority taking care of them: Himanta

June 23, 2023 10:32 pm

Obama in an interview to CNN on Thursday had said that India may “pull apart” if the rights of the religious and ethnic minorities are not upheld.

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