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Barack Obama
Offices and distinctions
Illinois Senate
Preceded by
Alice Palmer
Illinois State Senator
from the 13th district
1997–2004
Succeeded by
Kwame Raoul
Party political offices
Preceded by
Carol Moseley Braun
Democratic
nominee for
Senator
from
Illinois
(
Class 3
)
2004
Succeeded by
Alexi Giannoulias
Preceded by
Harold Ford
Keynote Speaker
of the
Democratic National Convention
2004
Succeeded by
Mark Warner
Preceded by
John Kerry
Democratic
presidential nominee
2008
,
2012
Most recent
United States Senate
Preceded by
Peter Fitzgerald
United States Senator (Class 3) from Illinois
2005–2008
Served alongside:
Dick Durbin
Succeeded by
Roland Burris
Preceded by
George Allen
Chairperson of the
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs
2007–2008
Succeeded by
Jeanne Shaheen
Political offices
Preceded by
George W. Bush
President of the United States
2009–present
Incumbent
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Nicolas Sarkozy
Chairperson of the
Group of 8
2012
Succeeded by
David Cameron
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Martti Ahtisaari
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
2009
Succeeded by
Liu Xiaobo
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Barack Obama
44th
President of the United States
(2009–present)
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(2005–2008)
Illinois Senator
from the 13th district (1997–2004)
Born
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1961-08-04
)
August 4, 1961
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Of Thee I Sing
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The Audacity of Hope
" (2004)
"
A More Perfect Union
" (2008)
"
Change Has Come to America
" (2008)
"
A New Birth of Freedom
" (2009)
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(February 2009)
"
A New Beginning
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(September 2009)
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2010
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(2011)
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(spouse)
Ann Dunham
(mother)
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(father)
Lolo Soetoro
(step-father)
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(half-sister)
Stanley Armour Dunham
(grandfather)
Madelyn Dunham
(grandmother)
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Bo
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"
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"
"
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will.i.am
"
Yes We Can
"
"
We Are the Ones
"
"
There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama
"
"
Sí Se Puede Cambiar
"
"
My President
"
"
Deadheads for Obama
"
"
Air and Simple Gifts
"
Change Is Now
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