He lived there from the time he was born till he was about five. He then moved to Indonesia for four years, but moved back to Hawaii at age 10 (some sources say 11) to attend middle school and high school. Thus, he lived in Hawaii for more than twelve years total.
Barack Obama was born in Honolulu on August 4, 1961. He lived there for the first five years of his life. By the time he was five, his mother had re-married (her first husband, Barack's biological father, had left them and they ultimately got divorced). Her new husband was from Indonesia, and the family moved there for four years. Barack then came back to Hawaii and lived with his maternal grandparents, from about 1971 till 1979 when he graduated from high school. So, he lived in Hawaii most of his childhood and youth, except for a four-year period when he lived in Indonesia.
Barack Obama moved back to Hawaii 1971 from Indonesia; he went to live with his maternal grandparents and attended the Punahou School, an elite school with a strong academic reputation. He graduated from there in 1979.
He didn't. He was born there in 1961. But he did leave for four years and then move back-- his mother re-married and young Barack moved to Indonesia to live with her and his new step-dad. But he returned to Hawaii to complete his education, living with his maternal grandparents while he attended middle school and high school.
Barack Obama was born in Honolulu in 1961. He lived there for the first five years of his life. He spent the next four and a half years in Indonesia with his mom and new step-dad, before returning to Honolulu for 5th grade. He remained in Hawaii, living with his maternal grandparents, till he graduated from high school in 1979 and then left for college in Los Angeles.
He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and then returned there in 1971, staying through his high school graduation in 1979.
He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and then returned there in 1971, staying through his high school graduation in 1979.
President Obama has not lived in Hawaii since the late 1970s, but he still has friends and relatives there, so he visits them at least once a year; before he became president, he sometimes visited more frequently, if his schedule permitted.
Hawaii and Illinois
For him to be the President of the United States he would have to have been born in the USA. Before Hawaii was a State, it was an Annex of the United States, but he was born after Hawaii became a state.
Barack Obama lived in Illinois before becoming president. He first became a senator of Illinois before president of the US.
Barack Obama was president of the Harvard Law Review journal before becoming president.
In the US Senate.
Barack Obama was born in Hawaii, spent some time in Indonesia with his mom and step-dad, moved back to the US and lived in Hawaii, and then lived in California, New York, Massachusetts, and Illinois; it was in Illinois that he began his political career.
Before he became president, he was a US Senator from Illinois.
Before he became president, Barack Obama lived with his family in Chicago, which is in the state of Illinois. After he became president, he and his family moved to the White House in Washington D.C.
Many different Presidents had done their own things before they became President. Please specify the president. If speaking of the current US President Barack Obama, he was a senator from Illinois before he became the President. If speaking of Nelson Mandela from South Africa, he was a political prisoner in jail before he became the President. If speaking of Paul Biya in Cameroon, he was the Prime Minister before he became the President.
Before being elected as President of the United States, Barack Obama was the junior Senator for the State of Illinois.
Barack Obama's father's name before he converted to Islam was Barack Obama Sr.
The previous president was George W. Bush.