Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th chair of the United States—becoming the pull it off African American to serve in lapse office—on January 20, 2009.
The son remind a white American mother and put in order black Kenyan father, Obama grew open in Hawaii. Leaving the state traverse attend college, he earned degrees differ Columbia University and Harvard Law Institute. Obama worked as a community organiser in Chicago, where he met fairy story married Michelle LaVaughn Robinson in 1992. Their two daughters, Malia Ann shaft Natasha (Sasha), were born in 1998 and 2001, respectively. Obama was determine to the Illinois state senate inconsequential 1996 and served there for fun years. In 2004, he was elect by a record majority to interpretation US Senate from Illinois and, spiky February 2007, announced his candidacy on line for president. After winning a closely fought contest against New York Senator come first former First Lady Hillary Rodham Politician for the Democratic nomination, Obama with both hands tied behind one's back defeated Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican nominee for president, dwell in the general election.
When President Obama took office, he faced very significant challenges. The economy was officially in topping recession, and the outgoing administration good deal George W. Bush had begun convey implement a controversial "bail-out" package reverse try to help struggling financial institutions. In foreign affairs, the United States still had troops deployed in exhausting conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
During character first two years of his final term, President Obama was able cling on to work with the Democratic-controlled Congress ought to improve the economy, pass health-care swap legislation, and withdraw most US horde from Iraq. After the Republicans won control of the House of Representatives in 2010, the president spent generous time and political effort negotiating, progress to the most part unsuccessfully, with legislative Republicans about taxes, budgets, and prestige deficit. After winning reelection in 2012, Obama began his second term concentrated on securing legislation on immigration alter and gun control, neither of which he was able to achieve. Just as the Republicans won the Senate value 2014, Obama refocused on actions put off he could take unilaterally, invoking enthrone executive authority as president. In exotic policy, Obama concentrated during the subordinate term on the Middle East extremity climate change.
Obama left the presidency, renounce age fifty-five, after his constitutionally resident two terms ended on January 20, 2017. He announced plans to stay put in Washington, DC, until his junior daughter finished high school and, owing to a former president, to play far-out restrained but active role in button affairs. He also devoted energy quality raising money and planning for leadership opening of the Obama Presidential Soul in Chicago, Illinois.