Lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States since January 2009. From the time of John Kennedy had no other presidential relay generated such excitement and hope. But regardless of what will be the bottom line of its mandate, Barack Obama will inevitably go down the annals of American politics as the first black president.
Son of Barack Obama Sr., a Kenyan economist origin, and Shirley Anne Durham, PhD in Anthropology from the University of Hawaii, Obama spent his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, where he met the conditions of poverty affecting millions of people in the so-called Third World. There he received his primary education.
Obama's political career began to take shape in 1990 when he made contact with Judson Miller, an adviser Harold Washington, who in 1983 became the first black mayor of Chicago. Over time, Miller would become a cornerstone of the Obama campaign.
At this time the young lawyer got some of the supports that would end up being decisive in their future nomination as the Democratic candidate for president of the United States, among which are both major employers as numerous members of the Christian African-American community of Chicago.
In 1991 he entered Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts) to expand their higher education, and there was elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, a student publication of the center. After graduating with honors, he returned to Chicago, where he worked for some time in a law office specializing in civil rights.
His first political success came in 1996. Thanks to the patronage of Judge Abner Mikua and Emil Jones, African Democratic leader in the Illinois Senate, Obama was elected to the state House by the Democratic Party, representing the district of Hyde Park, where he was known for his strong liberal convictions.
Obama used his new position to prepare its entry into the United States Congress, which sought to replace Bobby Rush, a leader of the Black Panthers in Illinois, by capturing his electorate. The first attempt took place in 2000 and was a major setback for the aspirations of Obama, who was dubbed by Rush in number of votes.
Between 2000 and 2004 Obama was dedicated to strengthen its electorate. In 2004 he obtained new mentors in Washington, chief among them leading figures in the Democratic Party, John Kerry and Ted Kennedy. Thanks to the support of these and of its electorate was elected representative at the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004.
After winning the Democratic side, the young lawyer faced African American Jack Ryan, Republican candidate for the representation of the State of Illinois. This time, his opponent was punctuated by a sex scandal and Obama got the post of congressman in dispute, making it the fifth African American accessed the US Congress and in the second by the Democratic Party.
During the pre-nomination for the Democratic nomination for the presidency three years, Obama promoted reforms to control arms sales and to promote transparency in the use of federal funds. His message was always changing, both domestic and foreign policy, in which he advocated a greater role for the diplomatic action detrimental to the use of force.
Obama took the first major step towards the presidency of the United States in February 2007, when he applied to the primaries of the Democratic Party. The other great challenge of this training was Senator Hillary Clinton, wife of former president Bill Clinton, who started with advantage in the polls. The campaign, very tight at all times, finally deciding in favor of Obama, who won with 1,953 delegates to 1,770 of its rival.
The official nomination as the Democratic candidate for president of the United States took place on June 3, 2008. The Republican John McCain, who Obama has always considered as a mere heir to Bush, was his rival in the presidential race. During the campaign, McCain tried to distance himself from his predecessor, but his speech was erratic and unconvincing. The message of renewal and hope for the Democratic candidate, however, stalled with the electorate; Obama was progressively extended its lead over McCain in the polls, and finally prevailed in the elections of November 4 a 64'9% of the vote.
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