Barack Hussein Obama II is an American retired politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to serve as president. Obama represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 2005 to 2008 and served as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004. The Nobel Peace Prize 2009, announced October 9, 2009. Barack H. Obama, “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”. Barack H. Obama: born 1961, Honolulu, HI, USA. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).