Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, and the first African American to hold the office. He was succeeded by Benjamin Asher.
Biography[]
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney and taught constitutional law at University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, running unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 2000.
In 2004, Obama received national attention during his campaign to represent Illinois in the United States Senate with his victory in the March Democratic Party primary, his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July, and his election to the Senate in November. He began his presidential campaign in 2007 and, after a close primary campaign against Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2008, he won sufficient delegates in the Democratic Party primaries to receive the presidential nomination. He then defeated Republican nominee John McCain in the general election, and was inaugurated president on January 20, 2009.
Appearances[]
- In-universe: Obama is still acknowledged, albeit not mentioned or discussed in Olympus Has Fallen. He is shown in one of the Treasury Department's many hallways. Prior to that, he is also visible in the background of a Washington, D.C. diner where several portraits are hung and on display.
Trivia[]
- In real life, Obama served two terms in office and his presidency lasted from 2009 to 2017.
- It is likely that Obama retired or lost an election to Benjamin Asher by the events of Olympus Has Fallen.
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