Barack hussein obama ii born august 4, 1961) is an american attorney and politician who served as the 44th president of the united states from 2009 to 2017. a member of the democratic party, he was the first african american president of the united states. he previously served as a u. s. senator from illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004. obama was born in honolulu, hawaii. after graduating from columbia university in 1983, he worked as a community organizer in chicago.

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