Guest Essayist: Juliette Turner
Barack Obama: Forty-Fourth President of the United States
Nickname: The First African-American President
Terms in Office: 2009-2013; 2013-present
Fast Stats
- Born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Parents: Barack Obama Sr. and Stanley Ann Dunham Obama Soetoro
- Barack Obama is still living and in office
- Age upon Start of First Term: 47; Age upon Conclusion of First Term: 51
- Age upon Start of Second Term: 51
- Religious Affiliation: Congregationalist (Protestant)
- Political Party: Democrat
- Height: 6 feet 1 inch
- Vice President: Joseph Biden
Bottom Line
President Obama is the current president of the United States and is serving his second term in office. Obama passed his landmark legislation, the Affordable Care Act; oversaw the capture and death of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden; and enforced a multibillion dollar stimulus in an attempt to help the economy. He has struggled with a scandal regarding the surveillance of the American people by the federal government and an ever-growing debt and deficit.