Born August 4, 1961, Barack Hussein Obama is most famous for being America’s 44th president. Obama’s time in the White House lasted for two consecutive terms of 4 years each, from 2009 to 2017.

Barack Obama, the first African American to be elected into office, went on to win admiration of millions of Americans, and the world in general, due to some of his remarkable achievements.

As commander in chief, Obama helped alleviate the dire unemployment situation the nation was grappling with during the 2007/08 global financial crisis. On the international front, his historic Iran Nuclear Deal helped calm tension between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran, averting a possible war in the Gulf region.