Barack Obama
Barack Obama | |
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| United States Senator from Illinois | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Carol Moseley Braun |
| Member of the Illinois Senate from the 13th district | |
| In office January 8, 1997 – November 4, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Alice Palmer |
| Succeeded by | Kwame Raoul |
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| Born | Barack Hussein Obama II August 4, 1961 Nairobi, Kenya |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Michelle Obama (m. 1992) |
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Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois since 2005.
Obama was born in Nairobi, Kenya, to a white American mother and a Kenyan father. He is a naturalized citizen of the United States by the American citizenship of his mother.