Barack Obama was born in Honolulu in 1961. He went to law school at Harvard University, where he became the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. In November 2008 Senator Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States of America. Barack Obama was re-elected in 2012 and served a second term which concluded in 2016. He is married to Michelle, with whom he has two daughters, Sasha and Malia.