Barack H. Obama 44th President of the U.S.A. 2008-

1. Career

1.1. In Chicago, Obama praticed as a civil rights lawyer.

1.2. Became Illinois State Senate in 1996 as a Democrat.

1.3. From 92-04, he taught part-time as a lecturer, then a professor at the University of Chicago School law.

1.4. Obama won the 2004 general election and the third African American elected to the U.S. Senate.

2. Education

2.1. Obama graduated Punahou Academy with honors in 1979.

2.1.1. He dominated the sport of basketball.

2.2. Studied at Occidental School in Los Angeles.

2.3. Graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a degree in political science.

2.4. Graduated from Harvard Law school in 1991 (magna cum laude).

3. Family

3.1. Born in Hawaii to the parents of Ann Dunham from Kansas, and Barack Obama Sr. from Kenya.

3.2. Married to First Lady Michelle Obama.

3.3. Has two children Sasha and Malia.

4. Interesting Facts

4.1. Obama is the first African American to become president.

4.2. The first Black president of the Harvard Law review.

4.3. Obama helped elect the first African American female Senator.

4.4. His name means "blessed" in Swahili.