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'''Barack Hussein Obama II''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Barack-Hussein-Obama.ogg|b|ə|ˈ|r|ɑː|k|_|h|uː|ˈ|s|eɪ|n|_|oʊ|ˈ|b|ɑː|m|ə}} {{respell|bə|RAHK}} {{respell|hoo|SAYN}} {{respell|oh|BAH|mə}};<ref>{{YouTube|clMEg4-N7ao|"Barack Hussein Obama Takes The Oath Of Office"}}. January 20, 2009.</ref> born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th [[president of the United States]] from 2009 to 2017. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], Obama was the first
Obama was born in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]]. After graduating from [[Columbia University]] in 1983, he worked as a community organizer in [[Chicago]]. In 1988, he enrolled in [[Harvard Law School]], where he was the first black president of the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]''. After graduating, he became a civil rights attorney and an academic, teaching constitutional law at the [[University of Chicago Law School]] from 1992 to 2004. Turning to elective politics, he [[Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama|represented the 13th district]] in the [[Illinois Senate]] from 1997 until 2004, when he [[2004 United States Senate election in Illinois|ran for the U.S. Senate]]. Obama received national attention in 2004 with his March Senate primary win, his well-received July [[2004 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] [[2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address|keynote address]], and his landslide November election to the Senate. In 2008, he was nominated by the Democratic Party for president a year after beginning [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|his campaign]], and after [[2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries|a close primary campaign]] against [[Hillary Clinton]]. Obama was elected over [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee [[John McCain]] in the [[2008 United States presidential election|general election]] and was [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|inaugurated]] alongside his running mate, [[Joe Biden]], on January 20, 2009. Nine months later, he was named the [[2009 Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate.
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