Lived

August 4, 1961

Home State

Illinois

Party

Democratic

Vice President

Joe Biden

Barack Obama was the first Black President and a two-term Democrat whose signature achievement was the Affordable Care Act, extending health coverage to tens of millions. He signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Dodd–Frank financial reform, and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He ordered the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, ended combat operations in Iraq, and signed the Paris Climate Agreement. His use of drone strikes, high deportation levels, and the failed Healthcare.gov rollout were significant criticisms. Community organizer in Chicago, constitutional law lecturer at the University of Chicago, Illinois state senator, U.S. Senator from Illinois.

Occidental College; Columbia University, 1983; Harvard Law School (President of the Harvard Law Review), 1991.

Signed the Affordable Care Act, extending health coverage to tens of millions. Signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act during the financial crisis. Signed the Dodd–Frank financial reform. Ended combat operations in Iraq. Authorized the operation that killed Osama bin Laden. Signed the Paris Climate Agreement. Negotiated the JCPOA with Iran. Nominated Justices Sotomayor and Kagan. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (2009). Signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010), and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (2009).

Sharp expansion of drone strikes, including against U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki. Deportation levels earned him the label 'Deporter-in-Chief' from critics. The rollout of Healthcare.gov failed for months. Senate Republicans refused to consider his 2016 Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. The 2011 Libya intervention destabilized the country.