Barack Obama: biografi og tidlige liv

Barack he was born a shining summer day in Honolulu, Hawaii. That means the little boy came to the world August 4, 1961. Barack’s name means blessed in Swahili. A father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, Ann Dunham and Barack Hussein Obama, the same name as Barack himself. As child Obama did not have a good relationship with his father. But he has said now he largely thanks his mother for the values that led him to the work he now does. They meet each other at University of Hawaii, when his father got an education and his mother study anthropology. They married in 1960 and little Obama was born August 4. A year later, Ann was only 18 years. When the son Obama was two years, leave his father the family and joined something he thought was interesting. The time that Barack was six, his mother married with an Indonesian man, Lolo Soetolo, he worked in the oil industry, so the family moved to Jakarta in Indonesian. During the time that he lived in Indonesian from 1967 to 1970 he eat snakes, dogs and roasted grasshoppers. In fact, he had a monkey in a period. His friends from that country was street boys. Obama was taught for two years the Catholic school Strada Asisia, then two years at a municipal school. But later his father died in a road accident in Kenya when Obama was 21 years old, and his mother died of cancer in 1995, a few months after he published his autobiography - Dreams from My Father. Obama has published about five books. Some of them are “The audacity to hope.” The books describe Barack’s thoughts on topics such as family, religion, race, values and America’s role in the world. He was first finished paying off his student loans in 2004. Because of the book “Dreams from my father”. When Obama was teenager he worked in an ice cream shop, now he hate ice cream. Actually in high school was his nickname “O’bomer” because of his skills as a basketball player. He does not drink coffee and rarely alcohol. As teenager he drank too much alcohol, smoke marijuana and also took cocaine. Michelle Obama meet Barack Obama when they were among the few African Americans at their law firm. Their relationship started with a business lunch and then a community organization meeting where he first impressed her. Their first romantic date was to the Spike Lee movie, “Do the right thing.” She said sadly no thanks to his first attempt to invite to a date. Without any doubt, they married in October 1992. Just what they needed, a party. Maybe they were married because of Obama’s favorite food, his wife's "pasta with shrimp". They moved to Chicago in 1991, and here they lived for many years with children too. Because some years later they decided to have children. Two beautiful daughters. Malia Obama - from July 4, 1998, and Natasha Obama, or she is most known for Sasha - from June 10, 2001. Malia and Sasha attend the private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. Actually, it’s the same school that Chelsea Clinton, Tricia Nixon Cox and Archibald Roosevelt attended and that the grandchildren of Vice President Joe Biden attend. Gymnastics and tap for Sasha, soccer, drama and dance for Malia. They are both happy playing tennis and piano. Now they also have a dog, they call him Bo. He is black and white. The dog is soft, and has a lot of fur. But who is Obama really, and how did it with the career? Yes, his political career began when he started at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and he finished at New York’s city Columbia University, where Obama graduated in political science and international affairs. He said in 2007 that he would face up to the great presidential elections in 2008. Fortunately, it all went so very well for him. Because with about 66,7 million people vote and 365 electoral votes were Barack Obama on Nov. 4, 2008 elected to the US President. He became America’s 44th president and also the first African American president of the United States. Congratulations. Obama’s campaign against first Hilary Clinton and afterwards against John McCain, has been described as one of the most exciting election campaigns ever. He was actually the first black president of the United States. There were very high expectations for the new president. Obama had promised to improve the economy of the United States, but three and a half years later, the US economy has not been so much better. But he got turned Osama Bin Laden death. It means a lot to American’ sense of security. Thank God Obama is most known for being a very kind man.