What is Presidency of Barack Obama?
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} [[Barack Obama]]'s tenure as the [[List of presidents of the United States|44th]] [[president of the United States]] began with [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|his first inauguration]] on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. Obama, a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] from [[Illinois]], took office following his victory over [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee [[John McCain]] in the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]]. Four years later, in the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential election]], he defeated Republican nominee [[Mitt Romney]], to win re-election. Obama is the first [[African Americans|African American]] president, the first [[multiracial]] president, the first non-white president, and the first president born in Hawaii. Obama was succeeded by Republican [[Donald Trump]], who won the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]]. Historians and political scientists rank him among the upper tier in [[Historical rankings of presidents of the United States#Scholar survey summary|historical rankings of American presidents]]. {{Infobox administration|image=President Barack Obama.jpg|name=Presidency of Barack Obama|term_start=January 20, 2009|term_end=January 20, 2017|president_link=President of the United States|cabinet=''[[Cabinet of Barack Obama|See list]]''|party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]|election={{hlist|[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]|[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]}}|seat=[[White House]]|predecessor=[[Presidency of George W. Bush|George W. Bush]]|successor=[[Presidency of Donald Trump|Donald Trump]]|archive_url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/|library_url=https://www.obamalibrary.gov/}}{{Barack Obama sidebar}} <references /> [[Category:Barack Obama]]