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Barack Obama
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| colspan=2 style="text-align: center" | [[file:Official portrait of Barack Obama.jpg|frameless|alt=A portrait shot of Barack Obama, looking straight ahead. He has short black hair, and is wearing a dark navy blazer with a blue striped tie over a light blue collared shirt. In the background are two flags hanging from separate flagpoles: the American flag, and the flag of the Executive Office of the President.]]
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! colspan=2 style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | [[List of Presidents of the United States|44th President of the United States]]
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color: lavender"| '''[[Incumbent]]'''
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center"|<span class="nowrap">'''Assumed office'''</span>&#32;<br />January 20, 2009
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! style="text-align:left;" | <span class="nowrap">Vice President</span>
| [[Joe Biden]]
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! style="text-align:left;" | <span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span>
| [[George W. Bush]]
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! colspan=2 style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | [[United States Senate|United States Senator]]<br />from [[Illinois]]
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|colspan=2 style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center"|<span class="nowrap">'''In office'''</span><br />January 3, 2005&nbsp;–&#32;November 16, 2008
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! style="text-align:left;" | <span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span>
| [[Peter Fitzgerald (politician)|Peter Fitzgerald]]
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| [[Roland Burris]]
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! colspan=2 style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | [[Illinois Senate#Members of the Illinois Senate|Member of the]] [[Illinois Senate]] <br /> from the 13th District
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|colspan=2 style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center"|<span class="nowrap">'''In office'''</span><br />January 8, 1997&nbsp;–&#32;November 4, 2004
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| [[Alice Palmer (politician)|Alice Palmer]]
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| [[Kwame Raoul]]
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! style="text-align:left;" | Born
| <span class="nickname">Barack Hussein Obama II</span><br />August 4, 1961<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1961-08-04</span>)</span><span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&nbsp;51)</span><ref name="biography">{{cite web |year=2008 |title=President Barack Obama |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=The White House |url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obama |accessdate=December 12, 2008}}</ref><br />[[Honolulu]], Hawaii, U.S.<ref name="birth-certificate"/>
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! style="text-align:left;" | Political party
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
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! style="text-align:left;" | Spouse(s)
| [[Michelle Obama|Michelle Robinson]] <small>(1992–present)</small>
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! style="text-align:left;" | Children
| [[Malia Obama|Malia]] <small>(born 1998)</small> <br /> [[Sasha Obama|Sasha]] <small>(born 2001)</small>
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! style="text-align:left;" | Residence
| class="label" | [[White House]] <small>(Official)</small><br />Chicago, Illinois <small>(Private)</small>
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! style="text-align:left;" | [[Alma mater]]
| [[Occidental College]]<br />[[Columbia University]] <small>(B.A.)</small><br />[[Harvard Law School]] <small>([[Juris Doctor|J.D.]])</small>
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! style="text-align:left;" | Profession
| [[Community organizing|Community organizer]]<br />Lawyer<br />[[Constitutional law]] professor<br />Author
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! style="text-align:left;" | Religion
| Christianity<ref name="Christian"/>
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! style="text-align:left;" | Signature
| [[File:Barack Obama signature.svg|128x80px|alt=Barack Obama|Barack Obama's signature]]
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! style="text-align:left;" | Website
| [http://www.barackobama.com/ barackobama.com]
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