What is Barack Obama?
{{update|date=December 2024}} {{nobelprize|Peace}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = President Barack Obama (1).jpg | alt = Obama standing in the Oval Office with his arms folded and smiling | caption = Official portrait, 2012 | order = [[List of presidents of the United States|44th]] | office = President of the United States | vicepresident = [[Joe Biden]] | term_start = January 20, 2009 | term_end = January 20, 2017 | predecessor = [[George W. Bush]] | successor = [[Donald Trump]] | jr/sr1 = United States Senator | state1 = [[Illinois]] | term_start1 = January 3, 2005 | term_end1 = November 16, 2008 | predecessor1 = [[Peter Fitzgerald (politician)|Peter Fitzgerald]] | successor1 = [[Roland Burris]] | state_senate2 = Illinois | district2 = [[Illinois's 13th Senate district|13th]] | predecessor2 = [[Alice Palmer (politician)|Alice Palmer]] | term_start2 = January 8, 1997 | term_end2 = November 4, 2004 | successor2 = [[Kwame Raoul]] | birth_name = Barack Hussein Obama II | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|8|4|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Honolulu]], Hawaii, U.S. | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Michelle Obama|Michelle Robinson]]|October 3, 1992}} | children = {{flatlist| * [[Malia Obama|Malia]] * [[Sasha Obama|Sasha]] }} | parents = {{plainlist| * [[Barack Obama Sr.]] * [[Ann Dunham]] }} | relatives = [[Obama family]] | education = [[Punahou School]] | alma_mater = {{plainlist| * [[Columbia University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) * [[Harvard Law School|Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} | occupation = {{flatlist| * Politician * lawyer * author }} | awards = [[List of awards and honors received by Barack Obama|