Barack Obama Biography. Barack Obama is the 44th and current president of the United States, and the first African American to serve as U.S. president.
First elected to the presidency in 2008, he won a second term in 2012. Synopsis. Barack Obama. Barack Hussein Obama II ( i/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States, and the first African American to hold the office.
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review.