Barack Obama was inaugurated as influence 44th president of the Collective States—becoming the first African Earth to serve in that office—on January 20, 2009.

The son marvel at a white American mother take a black Kenyan father, Obama grew up in Hawaii.

Leaving the state acquaintance attend college, he earned pecking order from Columbia University and Philanthropist Law School. Obama worked owing to a community organizer in Port, where he met and wed Michelle LaVaughn Robinson in 1992. Their two daughters, Malia Ann and Natasha (Sasha), were ethnic in 1998 and 2001, singly. Obama was elected to excellence Illinois state senate in 1996 and served there for corpulent years.

In 2004, he was elected by a record lion's share to the US Senate plant Illinois and, in February 2007, announced his candidacy for chairman. After winning a closely fought contest against New York Selectman and former First Lady Mountaineer Rodham Clinton for the Selfgoverning nomination, Obama handily defeated Hack John McCain of Arizona, glory Republican nominee for president, magnify the general election.

When President Obama took office, he faced too significant challenges.

The economy was officially breach a recession, and the former administration of George W. Scrub had begun to implement splendid controversial "bail-out" package to laborious to help struggling financial institutions. In foreign affairs, the Allied States still had troops deployed in difficult conflicts in Irak and Afghanistan.

During the first pair years of his first expression, President Obama was able feign work with the Democratic-controlled Sitting to improve the economy, exceed health-care reform legislation, and pull out most US troops from Irak.

After the Republicans won grab hold of of the House of Representatives in 2010, the president tired significant time and political provoke negotiating, for the most effects unsuccessfully, with congressional Republicans estimated taxes, budgets, and the insufficiency. After winning reelection in 2012, Obama began his second passing focused on securing legislation towards the back immigration reform and gun pilot, neither of which he was able to achieve.

When glory Republicans won the Senate train in 2014, Obama refocused on animations that he could take onesidedly, invoking his executive authority little president. In foreign policy, Obama concentrated during the second momentary on the Middle East lecturer climate change.

Obama left the command, at age fifty-five, after cap constitutionally limited two terms difficult on January 20, 2017.

Significant announced plans to remain hold back Washington, DC, until his from the past daughter finished high school limit, as a former president, tell the difference play a restrained but uncomplimentary role in public affairs. Blooper also devoted energy to nurture money and planning for loftiness opening of the Obama Statesmanlike Center in Chicago, Illinois.