Barack Hussein Obama II

Obama is the juniour US Senator from Illinois and presidential nominee of the Democratic party in the 2008 general election.

Obama is the first american african to be nominated by a major political party for this office. His acceptance speech was given on August 28, 2008 at the 20008 Democratic National Convention. A graduate ofColumbia University and Harvard Law School where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review. Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil right attorney before serving in the Illinois senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representative in 2000, he announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in January 2003. After a primary victory in March 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70% of the vote.

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he helped create legislation to control conventional weapons and to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. During the 110th Congress, he helped create legislation regarding lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel. After announcing his presidential campaign in February 2007, Obama emphasized withdrawing American troops from Iraq, energy independence, decreasing the influence of lobbyists, and promoting universal health care as top national priorities.

• Born : August 4, 1961 (1961-08-04) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.

• Nationality : American

• Political party : Democratic

• Spouse : Michelle Obama (m. 1992)

• Children : Malia Ann (b. 1998),

Natasha ("Sasha") (b. 2001)

• Residence : (Kenwood), Chicago, Illinois

• Almamater : Harvard Law School, Columbia University, Occidental College
  

• Profession : Attorney, Politician

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