President Barack Hussein Obama II's Biography

Biographical

Full Name: Barack Hussein Obama II
Current Office: President, Democratic
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Last Elected: 11/06/2012
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Michelle; 2 Children: Malia, Sasha
Birth Date: 08/04/1961
Birth Place: Honolulu, HI
Home City: Chicago, IL
Religion: United Church of Christ

JD, Harvard Law School, 1991
BA, Columbia University, 1983

President, United States of America, 2009-present
Senator, United States Senate, 2005-2008
Keynote Speaker, Democratic National Convention, 2004
Senator, Illinois State Senate, 1996-2004

No caucus information on file.

Community Organizer, Chicago, 1985
Author, Multiple Works
Former Attorney, Sidley and Austin
Former Professor, Constitutional Law, University of Chicago

Member, Center for Neighborhood and Technology
Member, Chicago Annenberg Challenge
Member, Cook County Bar Association
Member, Cook County Bar Association Community Law Project
Board Member, Joyce Foundation
Member, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law
Member, Leadership for Quality Education
Board Member, Woods Fund of Chicago
Former President, Harvard Law Review

  • Astrological Sign:

    Leo

  • Awards:

    Nobel Peace Prize, 2009

    Best Spoken Word Album, Grammy Award, 2008

    Best Spoken Word Album, Grammy Award, 2006

    Chairman's Award, National Association for the Advancement Colored People, 2005

    100 most influential people in the world, Time Magazine, 2005

    10 people who will change the world, New Statesman, 2005

    Harold Blake Walker Award, Christopher House, 2005

    Rock the Nation Award, Rock the Vote, 2005
    Outstanding Legislator Award, Campaign for Better Health Care and Illinois Primary Health Care Association, 1998
    Best Freshman Legislator Award, Independent Voters of Illinois, 1997

    Monarch Award for Outstanding Public Service, 1994
    "40 Under 40" Award, Crain's Chicago Business, 1993

  • Current Car:

    Ford Escape hybrid, Chrysler 300C

  • Date of Wedding Anniversary:

    1992

  • Father's Name:

    Barack Obama, Sr. (deceased)

  • Favorite Book:

    Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
    Moby Dick
    Shakespeare's Tragedies
    Parting the Waters, Gilead, by Robinson
    Self-Reliance by Emerson
    The Bible
    Lincoln's Collected Writings

  • Favorite Food:

    (to cook) Chili

  • Favorite Movie:

    Casablanca
    Godfather I and II
    Lawrence of Arabia
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

  • Favorite Musician:

    Miles Davis
    John Coltrane
    Bob Dylan
    Stevie Wonder
    Johann Sebastian Bach (cello suites)
    The Fugees

  • Favorite Quote:

    "The Arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Favorite Sport:

    Basketball

  • Favorite TV Shows:

    Sportscenter
    C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network)

  • Hobbies or Special Talents:

    Basketball, writing, loafing with kids

  • Mother's Name:

    Ann Dunham (deceased)

  • Personal Hero and Why:

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
    Mohandas Gandhi
    Pablo Picasso
    and John Coltrane

  • Pets (include names):

    1 Dog (Bo, Portuguese Water Dog)

  • Publications:

    "Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" (1995)
    "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" (2006)
    "It Takes a Nation: How Strangers Became Family in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina" (2006)

 

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