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Barack Obama

Barack Obama is known for USA:s 44:e president. Barack Obama's nationality is American. Barack Obama was born on 4 August 1961.

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Who is Barack Obama?

Barack Obama is best known for USA:s 44:e president. Barack Obama is an American public figure. Barack Obama was born on 4 August 1961, which places Barack Obama among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1960s. On Dead or Alive, Barack Obama is listed in the Nobel Laureates category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Barack Obama is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

Facts

Known for: USA:s 44:e president
Nationality: American
Born: 4 August 1961
Listed under: Nobel Laureates

About Barack Obama

A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to serve as president. Obama represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 2005 to 2008 and served as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004. In 1988, Obama enrolled at Harvard Law School, where he was the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review. He became a civil rights attorney and an academic, teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. In 1996, Obama was elected to represent the 13th district in the Illinois Senate. In 2000, Obama ran for Illinois's 1st congressional district, but came in second to the incumbent Representative, Bobby Rush. Following his loss in the House race, he kept his position he held in the State Senate until 2004, when he successfully ran for the U.S. In the 2008 presidential election, after a close primary campaign against Hillary Clinton, he was nominated by the Democratic Party for president. Obama selected Joe Biden as his running mate and defeated Republican nominee John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin. Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts in international diplomacy, a decision that drew both praise and criticism.

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What is Barack Obama known for?

Barack Obama is known for USA:s 44:e president.

When was Barack Obama born?

Barack Obama was born on 4 August 1961.

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Barack Obama's nationality is American.

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