Early life and career of Barack Obama
Overview
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

, the 44th President of the United States
President of the United States
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, was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii
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, in the state of Hawaii
Hawaii
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 to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.
Barack Obama, Sr.
Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was a Kenyan senior governmental economist and the father of U.S. President Barack Obama. He is a central subject in his son's memoir, Dreams from My Father.-Early life:...

 (1936–1982) (born in Kanyadhiang, Rachuonyo District
Rachuonyo District
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, Nyanza Province, Kenya Colony
Kenya
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, British Empire
British Empire
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) and Stanley Ann Dunham, known as Ann (1942–1995) (born in Wichita
Wichita, Kansas
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, Sedgwick County
Sedgwick County, Kansas
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, in the state of Kansas
Kansas
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, United States of America).
Obama's parents met in a basic Russian language
Russian language
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 course in September 1960 while both were attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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, where Obama's father had enrolled as the university's first African foreign student
International student
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 in September 1959.
 
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