- Born
- August 4, 1961 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Also known as
- Barack Hussein Obama II, Barack H. Obama, Pres. Barack Obama, President Barack H. Obama
Biography
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president. Obama served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.