BARACK OBAMA

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• Born on August 4,1961 , Honolulu , HI
• Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th president of the U.S
• One of the first African American to hold the office
• President of the U.S since 2009
• Age (52)

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• Married to Michelle Obama
• She was Born on , January 17, 1964
• Born in Chicago,IL
• An American lawyer , and writer, is the of Barack Obama.
• First African-American First Lady of the U.S

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• Stanley Ann Dunham , mother of Barack Obama.
• November 29, 1942 - November 7, 1995
• Was an American Anthropologist who specialized in economic anthropology and rural development.
• Parents - Stanley Armour Dunham, Madelyn Dunham
• Born in Witchita,KS and died from Ovarian Cancer .

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• Barack Hussein Obama,Sr. father of Barack Obama
• June 18, 1936 - November 24,1982
• Died in a car accident
• Economist
• Born in Nyang'oma Kogelo, Kenya

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• Barack has 2 children
• Natasha - June 10,2001
• Malia - July 4,1998
• Religion - Christian

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• The name Barack means "one who is blessed" in Swahili
• 1964-Barack Obama parents divorce when he is two years old
• 1971-He returns to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents and attend school
• 1982-Barack Obama dad dies in a car accident
• 1992-2004- Practices civil rights law and teaches unconstitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School

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• 1995-His mothers dies of cancer in Honolulu.
• 1997-2005 - Illinois State Senator, representing the 13th District.
• 2000-Runs for the U.S. House seat in Illinois' 1st district and loses to former Black Panther Bobby Rush
• 2004- Delivers the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention
• 2005- Is sworn in as U.S senator

FUNFACTS

• He is left-handed - the sixth post-war president to be left handed.
• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father.
• As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine
• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds
• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball