Barack Obama - First African American to hold the office of President of the United states

Born : August 4 1961
Born at : Honolulu,Hawaii
Born to: Ann Dunham and Barack Obama Sr.
Education : Graduation at Columbia University and Harvard Law school.

Obama's father grew up herding goats in Kenya(Africa), he earned a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya and study in Hawaii. While studying at the University of Hawaii in Manoa, Barack Obama senior met Ann Duham (Barack Obama Jr's mother).They fell in love and eventually decided to marry against their Families wishes.

Obama Sr. had informed Anna about his first marriage but confirmed that he had a divorce which later Dunham found was false. Obama Sr.wife Kezia later said that she had granted Obama Sr. the permission for second marriage keeping the Lou tradition.

Anna Dunham was an American anthropologist who  specialized in rural development.
Obama Sr. had an MA in economics from Harvard University.
6 months after their marriage Barack was born.  

Obama did not have a relationship with his father as a child. When his son was still an infant, Obama Sr. relocated to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University, pursuing a Ph.D. Barack's parents officially separated several months later and ultimately divorced in March 1964, when their son was 2. 

Dunham then married Lolo Soetoro an East-West Center student from Indonesia. The family then moved to Jakarta where Barack's half sister Maya Soetoro Ng was born. Barack was sent to live with his matrenal grandparents in Hawaii. It was here that Obama got enrolled in Punahou Academy. Living the legacy of highly educated parental genes  he graduated with academic honors.


It was here that Obama became conscious of racism. Being one among the only 3 black students in the academy ; Obama realised that people hated him for his color and he thought what wrong had he done to people for inviting such invective froom them.

After High school Obama studies in Occidental College in Los Angeles for 2 years. He then transferred to Columbia University and graduated with a degree in political Science.

Obama then went to Kenya as he found stuck deep under the burden of racism.

He returned from Kenya and entered the Prestigious Harvard Law school in 1988. 

Love Life

In 1989 Barack met the beautiful Michelle Robinson an associate at the Chicago Law firm, she was assigned to be Obama;s adviser during summer internship and not long after the couple began dating. 

Their first kiss took place outside Chicago shopping center - where a plaque featuring both was installed a decades later.

He married Michelle on 3 October 1992. They made a lovely family when they were gifted with Malia (born 1998) and Sasha (born 2001).


Professional Life
Joined a law firm as a civil rights lawyer.
Taught part time at University of Chicago Law school
Helped Bill Clinton's presidential campaign

Political life :

1. He ran as a democrat in election for the seat of Illionos and won in year 1996.
2. Became chairman of Illionos senate;s health and human services
3. He worked with law enforcement officials to require videotaping of interrogations in all capital cases.
4. He worked on a bill that expaneded efforts to destroy weapons of mass destruction in Eastern Europe and Russia.
5. He created a website to track all federal spending.
6. He pushed for alternative energy development

In 2000 Obama lost elections for US house of representatives to Bobby Rush.
Undeterred he created a campaign committee in 2002 and began raising funds to run for US senate in 2004 which he won with 52 % vote defeating mulgtimillionaire businessman Blair Hull.

In feb 2007 Obama announced his candidacy for 2008 Democartic Presidential nomination. He won a tight battle with former first lady Hillary Clinton who later delivered her full support for Obama;s campaign.

On November 4 2008 Histroy was created when Barack Obama became the first African-American President defeating John McCain 52.9 percent to 45.7 percent, winning election as the 44th president of the United States. Joe Biden became the vice president.

Over his first 100 days in office, President Obama also undertook a complete overhaul of America's foreign policy. He reached out to improve relations with Europe, China and Russia and to open dialogue with Iran, Venezuela and Cuba. He lobbied allies to support a global economic stimulus package. He committed an additional 21,000 troops to Afghanistan and set an August 2010 date for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. In more dramatic incidents, he took on pirates off the coast of Somalia and prepared the nation for a swine flu attack. For his efforts, he was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize by the Nobel Committee in Norway

Obama has also handled a number of military and security issues during his presidency. In 2011, he helped repeal the military policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," which prevented openly gay troops from serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. He also gave the green light to a 2011 covert operation in Pakistan,

which led to the killing of infamous al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by a team of U.S. Navy SEALs.

Obama made headlines again in June 2012, when a mandate included in his Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (initiated in 2010) was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, thus allowing other important pieces of the law to stay intact. The law includes free health screenings for certain citizens, restrictions to stringent insurance company policies and permission for citizens under age 26 to be insured under parental plans, among several other provisions. In a 5-4 decision, the Court voted to uphold the mandate under which citizens are required to purchase health insurance or pay a tax—a main provision of Obama's health-care law—stating that while the mandate is unconstitutional, according to the Constitution's commerce clause, it falls within Congress' constitutional power to tax.

Barack got Re-elected in June 2012 to serve another term as president beating his opponent Mitt Romney.

Obama began his second term focused on immigration reform and gun control. However, much of the Capital's attention was focused on "sequestration," the automatic spending cuts that went into effect on March 1, 2013