Barack Obama Biography

Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4, 1961. His parents names are Ann Dunham and Barack Obama. After his parents divorced in 1971, his dad moved to KeEnya, and Barack moved to Hawaii with his grandparents.While Barack was in Hawaii with his grandparents, his mother and baby sister would live some place else until later they would join him in Hawaii. Barack attended Pohaho school, an elite private school. Obama was notn’t raised in a religious family he said “ I was not raised in a religious household”. Even though he was not raised in a religious household, he joined the Trinity United Church of Christ. After High SchoolHighschool After high school, Barack studied at Occidental Ccollege in Los Angeles for 2 years. He transferred to Columbia Uuniversity in New York City. He graduated in 1983 with a degree in political science. When he was done working in the business sector for two years
Obama became the 44th president, and the first African American to be elected to that office. Taking the stage in Chicago Grant Park with Michelle and their two daughters, Malia and Sasha, Obama acknowledged the historic nature of his win while reflecting on the serious challenges that lay ahead. ¨the road ahead will be long, our climb will be steep. We may not get there n one year or even one term, ut America, i have never been more hopeful than i am tonight that we will get there. I promise you, we as a people will get there.”He was elected to a second term over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. On February 10, 2007 Obama formally announced his candidacy for president of the United States. A victory in the Iowa primary made him a good challenger to the early frontrunner, the first lady and current New York Senator Hillary Clinton, who he outlasted in a grueling primary campaign to claim the Democratic nomination in early june