Barack Hussein Obama II was born August 4,1961. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the first African American to be president. He is the 44Th president to be in office. He is now fifty years old and living in the White House.
Family
His family is really important to him so here is some of it. His half sister Maya Soetoro-Ng, is now 41. His mom is Stanley Ann Dunham and she died November 7 ,1995. His dad, Barack Hussein Obama, Sir., died November 24, 1982. His grandmother, Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham, died the day before her grandson got elected for president, November 2,2008.
Wife and Children
His wife,Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, was born January 17. 1964. He has two children, Malia Ann Obama and Natasha(aka Shasha) Obama. Malia was born July 4, 1998. Shasha was born June 10, 2001. Malia takes soccer, dance, and drama. Shasha takes gymnastics and tap. They both take tennis and and piano.
Traveling
Soon after Barack's birth, his mom took him to Seattle, Washington. She brought him there for her to study at the University of Washington. They soon returned to Honolulu, Hawaii where she studied at University of Hawaii. In October, 1967, when Barack was six years old, he and his mother moved to Jakarta. They went there to be with his stepfather.
Education
When Barack was in kindergarten, he attended Noelani Elementary School. Barack attended St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School. He was there for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade. Later on, he attended Occidental College. He got his undergraduate degree in political science from Columbia University.
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