Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4 1961
His father, Barack Obama, Sr, came from Nyangoma-Kogelo, Kenya
His mother, Ann Dunham, hailed from Wichita, Kansas
His parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced
His mother remarried, and the family moved to Indonesia in 1967
His mother remarried, and the family moved to Indonesia in 1967
Barack Obama attended schools in Jakarta until he was ten years old
Barack returned to Hawaii with his grandparents
A photograph taken in 1987 of Barack Obama and his grandmother Sarah Hussein Obama hangs in her home in the village of Nyagoma-Kogelo, western Kenya
He studied at Columbia University in New York, where he majored in political science
He then studied law at Harvard, and graduated in 1991
After Harvard Law School, Obama returned to Chicago, joined a small civil rights firm, ran a voter registration drive, and lectured on constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School
He married Michelle Robinson in October 1992
Their daughters, Malia Ann and Natasha, were born in 1998 and 2001
He delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston
He entered the US Senate on January 4 2005
He announced his intention to run for the 2008 in February 2007. After a lengthy battle with Hillary Clinton, he seized the Democratic nomination in June 2008
He formally accepted his party’s nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, on August 23
