Barack Obama — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts in international diplomacy.
Served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
Previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008.
Served as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.
Was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.
Graduated from Columbia University (1983) with a BA in political science and Harvard Law School (1988).

Biography

Barack Hussein Obama II, born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, is an American politician. He graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and later worked as a community organizer in Chicago. In 1988, Obama enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he became the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.