Need we say any more: Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States for two terms, from 2009 to 2017. Mr. Obama was the first African American to assume the presidency. A community organizer from the South Side of Chicago who worked to help improve the quality of life of its residents, he was previously the junior United States Senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008. Before that, he served in the Illinois State Senate from 1997 until 2004. Click here to read the official story: https://www.obama.org/chapter/chicago-where-it-began/#raised-south-side.