1. Barack Obama

2. Barack Obama
The 44th President of the United States c January 20, 2009Vice president:Joseph BidenPredecessor:George Walker BushState senatorIllinoisRewards: Nobel peace prize (2009)

3. Party: us Democratic party Education: a) Harvard Institute of legal Sciences ( 2) Columbia University Profession: lawyer Religion: Protestantism Birth: August 4, 1961 (age 48) Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Father: Barack Hussein Obama ( ) Mother: Stanley Ann Dunham ( ) Spouse: Michelle Obama (since 1992, p. 1964) Children: daughters: Malia Ann (b. 1998)Natasha ("Sasha") (b. 2001)

4. As a member of The democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he helped create laws to regulate conventional weapons and increase transparency in the use of the state budget.. During his time in the 110th Congress, he was involved in the creation of laws relating to electoral fraud, lobbying, climate change, nuclear terrorism and demobilized American soldiers.

5. Obama announced his desire to run for President in February 2007, and was formally nominated at the 2008 Democratic national Convention, along with the Delaware Vice President-Senator Joseph Biden. In the 2008 presidential election, Obama beat the Republican party's ruling candidate, John McCain, by gaining 52.7% of the vote and 365 votes in the electoral College.

6. On October 9, 2009 he received the Nobel peace prize with the wording"for extraordinary efforts in strengthening international diplomacy and cooperation between people" [2]. Obama became the third President of the United States, after Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, who received the Nobel peace prize during his tenure (it was also awarded to ex-President Jimmy Carter).

7. Presidency
Barack Obama's presidency began at midnight EST on January 20, He is the 44 th President of the United States. Obama, a former us Senator from Illinois, sidestepped Arizona Senator John McCain in the 2008 presidential election, becoming the first African-American to be elected President. January 20, 2009 during the inauguration ceremony near the Capitol building was sworn in as the 44th us President in his speech called for a " new era of responsibility»

8. Acting as President
On 22 January 2009, he signed an order to close the prison for terrorism suspects at the us military base Guantanamo Bay (Cuba) within a year) On January 29, the us Congress supported the plan to stimulate the us economy proposed by the us President. The plan envisages an infusion of $819 billion on February 10, the us Senate approved the Obama emergency anti-crisis plan at a cost of $ 838 billion. When implementing the plan for 2 years, up to 4 million new jobs should be created. The plan also contains provisions on direct investment in the health, energy and education sectors.On February 17, Barack Obama sent an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan.And also signed in Denver adopted by the U.S. Congress anti-crisis plan for 787 billion dollars were signed bilateral agreements, including the transit of U.S. military cargo to Afghanistan through Russia

9. "If all families and all firms in America simultaneously cut their spending, no one will spend money, the number of consumers will fall, which in turn will lead to new layoffs and the situation in the economy will deteriorate even more. That's why the government had to intervene and temporarily increase spending to stimulate demand. This is what we are doing now," the American President said Obama sees light at the end of the tunnel»

10. Person of the year (according to Time magazine) 2009

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