The son of a Kenyan black and a white American from Kansas2, it is the first African-American who became president of the United States. His journey has led among voters and in the media worldwide with great interest.
Born in Hawaii, raised several years in Indonesia, graduated fromColumbia University and Harvard Law School, he was in 1990, the first African American to chair the prestigious Harvard Law Review, a historic event in a country that experienced racial segregation until the 1960s.

Having been a social worker, specifically “community organizer” (community organizer in English), in the southern suburbs of Chicago during the 1980s, then counsel in civil law at its exit from Harvard, he teaches constitutional law at the ‘University of Chicago from 1992 to 2004.

Barack Obama entered politics in 1996 : he was elected to the Illinois Senate where he made three terms from 1997 to 2004. He knows failure at his candidacy for the nomination of the Democratic Party for the House of Representatives in 2000 but received in March 2004 for the United States Senate. Barack Obama stands out for his early opposition to the war launched by George W. Bush in Iraq and the speech he delivered in July 2004 during the Democratic convention, which means John Kerry as a candidate for president, noted that the provision became known for the first time nationally.

Elected Senator in November 2004, he declared his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States on 10 February 2007 at Springfield. He won the primary against Hillary Clinton and is officially nominated as a candidate at the party convention in Denveron 27 August 2008.

After winning 52.9% of the vote and 365 electoral voteson 4 November 2008, thepresidential election against the Republican John McCain3, Obama takes office on 20 January 2009. His presidency comes at a time of war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, the crisis in the Middle East, with major recession in theU.S. economy and financial crisis and economic world. If you are looking for more political topic and speech by obama visit political chat.