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Biography of Barack Obama
he 44th and current president of the United States, Barack Obama was born August 4, 1961 in
Honolulu, Hawaii. He was a civil rights lawyer before pursuing a political career, first as Illinois State Senator, and later as the first African-American president of the United States. President Obama continues to enact policy changes in response to the issues of health care and economic crisis.
The achievements of Barack Obama
1983:
Barack Obama graduated with a degree in political science.
In the year 1990:
Barack Obama became the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review.
1995:
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance was published by Times Books.
In the year 2000:
Obama made his first bid for U.S. Congress.
2004:
Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat.
In the year 2005:
Barack Obama was named as one of “100 most influential people in the world”.
Barack Obama was chosen as one of “10 people would change the world” by New Statesman magazine.
Barack Obama became the fifth African American senator in U.S. history and was also one of the youngest senator.
2006:
Barack Obama won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word for the CD version of his autobiography “Dreams From My Father”.
In the year 2007:
Barack Obama was named again as one of “100 most influential people in the world”.

2008:
Barack Obama won his second Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for “The Audacity of Hope”.
Barack Obama won the Montana primary election.
Barack Obama won the Presidential Election.