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Xi Jinping
Because he wanted it, went after it and won it.
Barack Obama is the President. McCain should've won, though. Our country go failage now!
England doesn't have a President, but a Prime Minister instead (like Canada). At present this is David Cameron, who is a Conservative and heads a coalition government of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, with the Conservatives as the largest party.
Obama was sworn in as a U.S. Senator on January 4, 2005. So, as of today's date (September 2, 2008), he has been a US Senator for about 3 years 8 months. He was a state senator in Illinois for 2 terms (8 years).He was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2004, and served from January 3, 2005, to November 16, 2008, when he resigned from office, having been elected president. Looks like three years.