The Nobel Peace Prize 2009
Awarded on: 2009-10-09
"for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"
Born: 1961-08-04 in Honolulu, HI, USA
Gender: male
Field: President of the United States from 2009 to 2017
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Awarded on: 2009-10-09
"for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"