BarackObamaisthe44thPresidentoftheUnitedStates,servingfrom2009to2017.HewasbornonAugust4,1961,inHonolulu,Hawaii.ObamamadehistoryasthefirstAfricanAmericantoholdtheoffice.Beforebecomingpresident,heworkedasacivilrightsattorneyandtaughtconstitutionallaw.HealsoservedasaU.S.SenatorfromIllinois.Obamaisknownforhiseffortsinhealthcarereform,economicrecovery,andenvironmentalprotection.HewontheNobelPeacePrizein2009forhisworkoninternationaldiplomacy.ObamaismarriedtoMichelleObama,andtheyhavetwodaughters,MaliaandSasha.
