Barack Obama

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44th US president who signed the 2009 stimulus and the Dodd–Frank Act in the Great Recession

Born in Honolulu, Obama worked as a community organiser in Chicago, served as an Illinois state senator (1997–2004) and US senator (2005–08), and was the 44th president of the United States, for the Democratic Party, from 2009 to 2017, the first African American to hold the office. Taking office in the middle of the Great Recession, he signed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on 17 February 2009, and in 2010 the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which overhauled financial regulation.

Also known as: Barack Hussein Obama II