November 4, 2008, and sworn in on January 20, 2009.
US President.
Obama was a US Senator from Illinois when he was elected President.
Since 2008, the US President has been Barack Obama. He was re-elected in 2012. Under US law, he cannot run for a third term, so in 2016, a new president will be elected.
Barack Hussein Obama is the 44th President of the US, elected in 2008.
Donald Trump is the current president of the United States. Joe Biden has been named President-elect in the latest election, meaning he will be inaugurated as the 46th president on January 20, 2021.
Barack Obama was elected in 2008, and re-elected in 2012, serving as US President from January 20, 2009 to January 20, 2017. He was constitutionally prohibited from running for a third term as President.
Barack Obama, when he was elected in 2008, became America's first black president.
Barack Obama, reelected on November 6, 2012.
Barack Obama did not serve as a US Representative (a member of the House of Representatives). He was first elected as a state senator in Illinois in 1996, and after three terms, he was elected as a member of the US Senate; he served as a senator until he decided to run for president. That said, as president, Barack Obama certainly does represent the United States. But prior to becoming the president, he was a member of the Senate, not the House of Representatives.
Yes, when he was elected in 2008, he became the first black president in US history.
The US President, Barack Obama, was first inaugurated on January 20th, 2009. After being elected for a second term, he had his second inauguration on January 20th, 2013.
Barack Obama decided to run for president after becoming a US senator. He was elected as a US senator from Illinois in 2004 and announced his candidacy for president in February 2007.