Barack Obama was born in the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States on the 4/08/1961. He is the 44th president of America, he was the first African American to hold the office and he was the first president born outside the continental United States. Barack Obama first became president in 2009 when he was 49 years of age. He went to several universities including Occidental College in Los Angeles, Columbia University in New York, Harvard Law School, and Punahou Academy. He is known as the first sitting president to stand up for marriage equality, fighting for equal pay and a woman’s right to make her own health decisions. His full name is Barack Hussein Obama ll.

Barack Obama faced many challenges