Barack Obama-44th President
Family:
Wife: Michelle (Robinson) Obama Married 1992
Daughters: Malia Obama (Born 1998)
Sasha Obama (Born 2001)
Background:
Born Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. on August 4, 1961in Honolulu, Hawaii. When he was 3 his parents divorced and his dad moved back to Kenya, Africa. His mother then remarried and they moved to Indonesia to live with the new husband. When Obama was 10 they moved back to Hawaii.
Schooling:
While in high school Obama excelled in all subjects. After high school he went to Occidental College in LA for 2 years, then transferred to Columbia in New York which he got a degree in political science in 1983. After graduating he moved to Chicago to become an organizer for low-income families in the south-side. A few years later in 1988 he entered Harvard Law were he met the future first lady Michelle Robinson. He graduated magna cum laude in 1991. After graduating he moved back to Chicago to work as a civil rights lawyer.
Work Prior and To Presidency:
From 1992-2004 he worked part-time as a lecturer and professor at Chicago Law School. He also helped with the voter registration during Clinton's campaign. In 1995 Obama had written the book Dreams which its audiobook version narrated by Obama himself won a Grammy in 2006. In 1996 he ran for Illinois State Senate as a democrat and actually won. With being State Senate he focused on helping health care, early-schooling, and tax credit for the poor. After some polls Obama decided to run for U.S. Senate. During his time in the U.S. Senate he helped planing the destruction of weapons of mass destruction and reaching out to victims of Hurricane Katrina. He was the 3rd African-American to be in the U.S. Senate. Obama ran in the 2008 election against John McCain an won.
Personal Thoughts:
I honestly don't think Obama is such a bad president. Well, there are some things I really don't like about him, however with everything there is that I don't like about him there is something good that he has done.
Sources:
http://www.biography.com/people/barack-obama-12782369
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
Comments
Well done!