| Full Name: | Barack Hussein Obama II |
|---|---|
| Office: | President, Democratic |
| First Elected: | 11/04/2008 |
| 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
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
Leo
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
Ford Escape hybrid, Chrysler 300C
1992
Barack Obama, Sr. (deceased)
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
(to cook) Chili
Casablanca
Godfather I and II
Lawrence of Arabia
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Bob Dylan
Stevie Wonder
Johann Sebastian Bach (cello suites)
The Fugees
"The Arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Basketball
Sportscenter
C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network)
Basketball, writing, loafing with kids
Ann Dunham (deceased)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Mohandas Gandhi
Pablo Picasso
and John Coltrane
1 Dog (Bo, Portuguese Water Dog)
"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)
Washington, D.C. Webmail
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Washington, D.C. Website
http://www.whitehouse.gov
Washington, D.C.
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20500
Phone: 202-456-1414
Phone: 202-456-1111
Fax: 202-456-2461
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