Barack Obama was elected for two 4-year terms, serving 8 years in total. The election takes place 3 and a half months before the next term starts, on the first Tuesday in November after Nov 1.
If you are asking who followed him as president, nobody yet, because he is still in office until the 2016 presidential election. Mr. Obama was elected first in 2008, and he followed President George W. Bush.
The actual election was held on November 4, 2008. However, President Obama was not inaugurated until January 4, 2009.
Barack Obama still IS president since 2008. So currently, in 2013, 5 years.
Until January 20th, George Bush is still the president of the United States. After that it will be Barack Obama.
Barack Obama is the president now and until 2013 at least.
Barack Obama is the president elect. This means that he has been chosen to be president of the United States but has not yet been sworn in. Until he is sworn in George Bush will be the acting president
His second term will end at the completion of the 2016 election, and he will leave office officially when the new president takes over, 20 January 2017.
It was a very close election right up until the end, but on November 6th, 2012, Barack Obama was in fact re-elected. He won both the popular vote and the electoral vote, to earn a second term as president. He is constitutionally forbidden from running for a third term.
No, his second term ends with the 2016 election. An American president is only allowed to serve eight years (two terms) so President Obama's term officially ends when the new president is sworn in in January 2017.
He was only until he was sworn in officially. He is now the 44th President of the US.
Barack Obama still IS president since 2008. So currently, in 2013, 5 years.
Not until 2008. Barack Obama was the first African-American president in US history.