Arlind Hoxha

Barack Obama Biography

Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4, 1961 to a Kenyan father and an American mother. Obama’s parents, Barack Obama Sr. and Ann
Dunham met while studying at the University of Hawaii.

Barack Obama Moving To Indonesia in 1967

Obama spent his early years in Honolulu before moving to Indonesia at the age of six. Obama’s parents separated when he was two years old. His mother
later married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian. The family moved to Jakarta in 1967.
After staying for four years in Indonesia, Obama returned to Honolulu to study at the Punahou school. He studied at the Occidental College in Los Angeles
for two years before moving to the Columbia University in New York City. Obama graduated from the Columbia University in 1983 with a major in Political
Science and a specialization in International Relations.

Barack Obama Biography – Work Life

After his graduation, Obama worked at the Business International Corporation and the New York Public Interest Research Group. In 1985, he moved to
Chicago to work as a community organizer. Later, in 1988, Obama joined the Harvard Law School. He went on to become the first black president of the
Harvard Law Review. He graduated from the law school in 1991.

Barack Obama met Michelle Robinson in 1989, whom he married in 1992. Michelle and Barack have two daughters.

Obama played several roles professionally between 1993 and 2004. He worked as a lawyer for the law firm, David, Miner, Barnhill & Galland. He also worked
as a part-time lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School from 1993 to 2004; he taught constitutional law at the law school. Obama also served as a
board member at the Woods Fund of Chicago, a philanthropic organization.

Barack Elected To Senate

In 1996, Obama was elected to the Illinois senate. He was elected again in 1998 and 2002. In 2000, he lost a primary for the United States House of
Representatives.

In 2003, Obama was appointed the chairman of the Illinois Senate’s Health and Human Services Committee. Obama became a United States Senator in late
2004 to become the fifth Afro-American Senator in history. He secured 70% votes.

In 1991, while being in-charge of a voter registration drive in Chicago, Obama began writing a book of memoirs that was later published in 1995 as Dreams
from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Obama wrote another book later that was published in 2006. The book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts
on Reclaiming the American Dream went on to become a part of the New York Times Best Seller list.

Working On Reforms And Policies

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Once elected into the state Senate of Illinois, Obama took deep interest in reforms and policies, making and changing some consequently. He initiated the
requirement of mandatorily videotaping interrogations in cases of homicide. He enthusiastically participated in creating the Earned Income Tax Credit
program for state, meant for helping people in the low-income groups. He went on to initiate reforms in the fields of healthcare and childcare. An interesting
law that came into being because of him was the law to monitor racial profiling. It became mandatory to note the race of the drivers that are detained by the
state police.

Following his election into the United States Senate, Obama showed extreme interest in immigration reforms and border security improvements. He became
a co-sponsor of the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act; the act was introduced by John McCain, his Republican rival who ran for the United States
Presidential post. A year later, Obama also favored another security bill that later became the Secure Fence Act.

Obama, in association with Tom Coburn, brought the Coburn-Obama Transparency Act into being; the act made the government expenditure transparent via
a website called the USAspending.gov. Also, in association with the Republican, Richard Lugar, a Lugar-Obama program went on to make additions to the
existing Nunn-Lugar cooperative threat reduction concept.
In 2007, Obama, in association with Senator Russ Feingold, brought into being the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act. He later introduced the
Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007.

Obama Running For Presidency

Last year in February, he declared that he will be running for the post of the President of the United States. He has showed his dislike to negative
campaigning.

Obama has been advocating an end to the war in Iraq, a universal health care mechanism and increased energy independence as his most important agendas
in his manifesto.

Obama has surprised his critics by raising enormous amount of money through his campaigns. In January this year, his campaign raised 36.8 million US
dollars, the highest amount raised ever in the Democratic primaries. In the first six months of his campaign last year, 58 million US dollars were raised,
breaking earlier records.

Following a series of hate mail sent to Obama, the US Secret Service instated special protection for Obama. “Fired up! Ready to go!” is a cry doing the rounds
at Obama’s campaigns.

Barack Obama – President of the USA

Barack Obama has been voted as 44th president of the USA. He won the election battle against John McCain. He is the first afro-american president.
Obama has been dubbed as the most liberal Senator in his political life. In his personal life, he plays basketball and claims to be a good poker player.