
Barack Hussein Obama
44th President of the United States
(January 20, 2009 to Present)
Nicknames: None listed.
Born: August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii
Father: Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.
Mother: Ann Dunham
Married: Michelle Robinson (1964- ), on October 18, 1992
Children: Malia Ann Obama (1999- ); Natasha "Sasha" Obama (2001- )
Religion: United Church of Christ
Education: Attended Occidental College; Graduated Columbia University (1983); Graduated from Harvard Law School (1991)
Occupation: Lawyer
Political Party: Democrat
Other Government Positions:
- Member of Illinois State Senate, 1996-2004
- United States Senator, 2005-08
Presidential Salary: $400,000/year + $50,000 expense account
Vice President: Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (2009- )
Cabinet:
- Secretary of State
- Hillary Clinton (2009- )
- Secretary of the Treasury
- Timothy Geithner (2009- )
- Secretary of Defense
- Robert M. Gates (2009- )
- Attorney General
- Eric Holder (2009-)
- Secretary of the Interior
- Ken Salazar (2009- )
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Tom Vilsack (2009- )
- Secretary of Commerce
- (2009- )
- Secretary of Labor
- Hilda Solis (2009- )
- Secretary of Health and Human Services
- (2009- )
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Shaun Donovan (2009- )
- Secretary of Transportation
- Ray LaHood (2009- )
- Secretary of Energy
- Steven Chu (2009- )
- Secretary of Education
- Arne Duncan (2009- )
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Eric K. Shinseki (2009- )
- Secretary of Homeland Security
- Janet Napolitano (2009- )
- Obama was the first African-American U.S. president.
- Obama was the first president born outside of the continental United States.
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