Of the numerous political titles out there throughout the world, perhaps the most prestigious is that of the United States President. She/he is often referred to as the leader of the free world. Of the numerous U.S. Presidents we have had since our countries conception perhaps no other person has been more trained and equipped with the tools necessary to lead and run a country broken due to deficits and recessionary times as President Barack Obama. Here is his story and how he rose from what many would call an average upbringing to being the leader of the United States and to many people around the world.

Childhood

Barack Hussein Obama II was born August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. His mother, Ann Dunham, was an English woman and his father, Barack Obama Sr., of African descent. Obama’s father was actually from the country of Kenya. His parents divorced in 1964. After the divorce Obama’s father chose to return to Kenya. His mother remained in Hawaii for a period and remarried.

Ann married an Indonesian student named Lolo Soetoro. After political conditions changed in Lolo’s home country the family was forced to return to Indonesia by the new leader Suharto. For four years Obama would go to school there, which he would later say taught him a great deal about other cultures and cultural respect. At the age of ten Obama returned to Hawaii to live with his grandparents and attended a college prep school until high school graduation in 1979.

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