Barack obama (1961+0) was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on August 4th. His father is an international student from Kenya and his mother is a white Kansas. The two met while studying at the University of Hawaii. As his father went to Harvard University, Obama was raised by his mother. When Obama was over two years old, his parents' marriage broke up. At the age of 6, Obama went to live in Indonesia with his mother and stepfather.

Four years later, Obama returned to Hawaii. After graduating from high school, he entered California Western College and then transferred to new york Columbia University, where he graduated from 1983. From 65438 to 0985, Obama came to Chicago to do community work. From 65438 to 0988, he entered Harvard Law School for further study and became the first African-American director of Harvard Law Review. 199 1 year, after receiving a doctorate in law from Harvard University, he returned to Chicago to become a lawyer and taught the Constitution at the Law School of the University of Chicago.

1997, Obama stepped into politics and was elected to the Illinois Senate. In 2000, he ran for the federal house of representatives, but failed. In 2004, he delivered a keynote speech at the Democratic National Congress, which aroused widespread concern. In June of the same year 165438+ 10, he was elected senator of Illinois.

During his tenure as a federal senator, he participated in drafting a bill on the control of conventional weapons, promoted public supervision over the use of federal funds, and supported a series of bills on lobbying outside the hospital, election fraud, climate change and nuclear terrorism. He also visited some countries in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

In February 2007, Obama officially announced his candidacy for the presidency. In his election campaign, he took "change" as the theme, emphasized ending the Iraq war, achieving energy self-sufficiency, stopping tax cuts and popularizing medical insurance, and promised to achieve party unity, rebuild the international alliance and restore the leadership of the United States. On August 27th, 2008, he was nominated as the presidential candidate at the Democratic National Congress. In the same year165438+1October 4th, preliminary statistics released by American media showed that Obama won the US presidential election, was elected as the 56th president of the United States, and would become the first African-American president in American history.

Obama is the author of My Father's Dream and Fearless Hope: Reaffirming the American Dream. Dreams from My Father is Obama's autobiography, first published in 1995. Fearless Hope: Reaffirming the American Dream came out in 2006, mainly introducing Obama's political ideals and views.

Obama married Michelle Robinson on 1992 and had two daughters.

Birth and family status:

Madame

Michelle? Laban? Michelle lavaughn obama (196465438+1October 17-), President of the United States Barack? Obama's wife, as Obama was elected as the 44th president of the United States, Michelle immediately became the wife of the first African-American president and the tallest first lady, with a height of 180cm(5 feet, 1 1 inch). She is also a lawyer, born and raised in the south of Chicago, and studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School. After finishing her studies, she returned to Chicago and became the sixth largest law firm in the United States. Austin Law Firm is a direct employee of Chicago Mayor Daley, and also serves the University of Chicago and the University of Chicago Medical Center. Michelle has known Sydney since the end of 1980? Obama, who works for Austin Law Firm, got married in 1992, and gave birth to the eldest daughter and the second daughter in 1998 and 200 1.

mother

Obama's father, Obama Sr, is Kenyan, and his mother, ann dunham, is a white female teacher in the United States. Their marriage didn't last long. They only had one child, Obama. Later, Obama lived in Indonesia with his mother and stepfather for four years.

Dunham was born in Wichita, Kansas, and later moved to Hawaii with his parents. In Hawaii, Dunham met and married Kenyan student barack obama (Obama Sr.) and gave birth to a son named Barry, who is now Senator Obama. This marriage didn't last long, and it ended when Obama Sr left home for further study at Harvard University.

Dunham later married Lolo Sutoro, an Indonesian student, and came to Indonesia on 1967, bringing 6-year-old Barry to Indonesia.

The recent rumor about Obama is that when Obama lived in Indonesia, he studied in an extreme religious school. But the truth is, it is just an ordinary religious school. When I heard this rumor, what surprised me most was Julia Suryakusuma, who was a friend of Obama's mother.

Suryakusuma, 53, is one of the most famous feminists in Indonesia. She has published many works and criticized extreme religionism. Suryakusuma said that Dunham is a liberal and humanitarian, speaks fluent Indonesian and loves Indonesian culture. Although he is interested in religion, he has not joined any religion.

On the coffee table of Suryakusuma's residence in Jakarta, there is a photo album. This photo album records happy times. In the photo, Dunham has lively curly hair, wears loose Bohemian clothes and always smiles.

Suryakusuma said, "You know, Ann (Dunham) is white, although she told me that she is of Cherokee descent." According to Obama, a distant ancestor of the mother's family is a pure Cherokee.

Obama returned to Hawaii at the age of 10 to live with his grandparents. Dunham returned to Indonesia from Sutoro with her daughter Maya. Dunham is keen on making Indonesian folk female handicrafts, such as knitting and basket weaving, and has become an expert. Maya is now a professor at the University of Hawaii.

Suryakusuma recalled: "We are all mothers. We talked about how sad it is for a mother to be separated from her children, but she (Dunham) is more concerned about Barry's education."

Suryakusuma met the future senator for the first time when Obama went to Indonesia to visit his mother when he was young. She said, "Dunham is proud of him. I remember when Obama became the first black president in the history of Harvard Law Review, Dunham was full of pride. "

Dunham died of ovarian cancer on 1995.

father

After his parents broke up, Obama only met his father once before he heard that he 1982 was killed in a car accident in Kenya.

Although he didn't spend much time with his father, he inherited his father's skin color and became a banner in his political career. His memoir, 1995, was first published as Father's Dream. After entering politics, Obama borrowed his father's name (Barack) and felt his father's brand in the name he was called every day.

Born in a poor village in western Kenya, Obama Sr is a cattle herder. Later, by a very accidental opportunity, he went to the United States to study, got to know Dunham and gave birth to Obama.

Obama's grandmother and many relatives still live in that small village. Old Obama 1982 was buried in the village after he died in a car accident. 1992, Obama returned to his hometown for the first time and led his fiancee into the door.

Old Obama's life is very complicated. While in Kenya, he married his first wife Kirzia and had two children, a son Roy and a daughter Omar.

According to Obama, my father never really left Cotzia. Dunham, however, said that Obama Sr did separate from Kirzia, but "because this marriage is a rural wedding, there is no document to prove the divorce".

The Hawaiian marriage between Obama Sr and Dunham may not have been properly recorded. Obama said in his memoirs, "How and when this marriage began is still unclear. I will never have the courage to figure out some details."

After Obama Sr left Dunham and his two-year-old son to study at Harvard, he and another American woman, Ruth, returned to Africa. Ruth became his third wife and gave birth to two sons in Kenya, one of whom died in a car accident.

However, Obama Sr also often goes to Cotzia. A relative explained that according to tradition, Cotzia was still his wife. Obama Sr also had a son with another Kenyan woman.

dream

Obama's life experience is complicated and bumpy, but when he grew up, he organized charity in Chicago and gradually accumulated his reputation. While studying at Harvard Law School, he became the first black chairman of Harvard Law Review. This position is usually regarded as a stepping stone for law students to enter the Supreme Court of the United States as a judge's secretary after graduation, but after graduation, Obama chose a small law firm specializing in civil rights litigation in Chicago.

Obama's main policy proposition

Economic development concept

Obama's proposition basically continues the traditional policy of the Democratic Party, expands the government's function of intervening in the economy, eases the contradiction between the rich and the poor, and creates common prosperity.

financial crisis

In addition to supporting the Bush administration's rescue plan, he also launched his own financial rescue plan, including a promise to provide temporary tax incentives to American companies that create jobs in the next two years, and the company will receive a tax reduction of $3,000 for each new job; Allow American families to withdraw funds from pension accounts in advance, with a total amount not exceeding $6,543,800+0,000; For buyers who are in trouble but still trying to repay the loan, the period of foreclosure is extended to 90 days; Call on the Federal Reserve and the Ministry of Finance to provide more economic assistance to state and local governments.

Tax aspect

Obama promised to maintain the Bush administration's tax cuts for families earning less than $250,000 a year, but will increase taxes for wealthy families earning more than $250,000 a year.

Trade.

Obama advocates amending the North American Free Trade Area Agreement, strengthening the provisions on labor and environment, canceling tax incentives for companies that move their business overseas, and giving tax incentives to companies that hire more Americans.

vitality

Agree to limit the exploitation of offshore oil, but focus on new technologies; It is suggested that US$ 654.38+050 billion should be invested in alternative energy research in the next decade, and tax incentives should be provided to companies engaged in such research.

diplomatic policy

Obama's overall foreign and security policy thinking focuses on solving major international issues through negotiations and multilateral cooperation, re-establishing the leading position of the United States, and saying that he wants to negotiate with Iran, Syria, North Korea and Venezuela.

He has always opposed the Iraq war, and promised in the election campaign that if elected president, he would withdraw American combat troops from Iraq within 16 months after taking office. He also promised to send 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan after being elected, and said that if Pakistan does not take action against terrorists on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the United States will launch a unilateral attack without Pakistan's permission. For Iran, he believes that direct contact with Iran through diplomatic means is more conducive to solving the Iranian nuclear issue than simply strengthening sanctions.

On China policy, Obama believes that the United States needs to establish a long-term, positive and constructive relationship with China. It advocates deepening the high-level dialogue between the United States and China on economic security and global policy issues, and strengthening environmental protection and military exchanges between the two countries.