Barack Obama was elected in November 2008. He took office in January 2009, at which time George W Bush left office.
Barack Obama was elected to office as the 44th President of the United States. He served two terms from 2009 to 2017.
Barack Obama was first elected president on November 4, 2008 and he took office officially on January 20th, 2009. He was re-elected for his second term on November 6, 2012, and officially took the oath of office on January 20th, 2013. His presidency will end with the 2016 election, and he will officially leave office when the new president is sworn in on January 20, 2017.
Eisenhower was a career military officer for 36 years - he held no elected office before becoming President
US President.
No. The Presidency is an elected office.
The 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama occurred because he had been elected as the 44th President of the United States. Inaugurations are ceremonial events that mark the beginning of a new presidential term, providing an opportunity for the President-elect to take the oath of office and deliver an inaugural address. Obama's inauguration was significant as it marked the first time an African American was elected to the highest office in the country.
Obama was a US Senator from Illinois , elected in 2004, when he ran for President. Before that, he held a seat as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
November 6,2012
How many more days is obama in office
he was in his mid 40s or 50s
Yes, he is. But while Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States, there have been only 43 men who held the office of the presidency: that is because one of them, Grover Cleveland, was elected twice-- but not to consecutive terms. Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president.