Which year did Barack Obama become a president?

Answer 1

President Obama was born in Hawaii, and since Hawaii had become a state several years before he was born, he was a US citizen at birth, in 1961. Note that there are a group of people called the "birthers" who insist that Mr. Obama was born in Another Country (Kenya) but there is no evidence of this, despite what they continue to insist. Mr. Obama was and is an American by birth.

Answer 2

If you are asking about President Obama, he was born in Hawaii in 1961. Hawaii had become a state in 1959, so Mr. Obama was in fact a citizen at birth. But if you are asking about Barack Obama's father (who had the same name), he was born in Africa (in Kenya); and while he studied in the US and lived here for a while, he never became a citizen.

Answer 3

He was first elected in November 2008, and was sworn into office in January 2009.

Answer 4

He didn't "come" to America he was born an American in Hawaii.

Answer 5

On January 2009, Barack Obama was elected as the 44th president of the United States of America.

Answer 6

My understanding is that he was never a US citizen. He came to the US on a student visa and returned to Kenya after he completed his education.

Answer 7

Barack Obama is a U.S. citizen by virtue of his mother and British (United Kingdom and Colonies) by virtue of his father, Kenya was a British colony until 1963.

Answer 8

All of his life. Contrary to internet myths, Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4, 1961.