Because he is black.
President Obama was elected president of the United States of America for the first time in November 2008. He was then re-elected in November 2012.
Barack Obama was 47 years of age when first elected President and at the time of his first inauguration, making him the fifth-youngest U. S. President (after T. Roosevelt, Kennedy, Clinton and Grant).
He was chosen for the first time in 2008, and then re-elected in 2012.
Barack Obama is the first Africa-American president of the United States. He was elected for the first time in 2008 and re-elected in 2012.
he was elected for the first time in 2008, and then re-elected in 2012.
[1] The last Democrat to be elected President was Bill Clinton, in 1991. [2] The most recently elected President, Barack Obama, is a Democrrat.
The name of the US president in 2014 was Barack Obama.
"I am proud to live in the US during the time when Barack Obama was elected as the first African-American President of the United States of America."
After choosing running mate Joe Biden and defeating John McCain Barack Obama became president. He was elected on November 4, 2008 with 52.9 percent of the vote. He was sworn in on on January 20, 2009 to the presidency.
He was elected for his first term in November 2008, and took office in January 2009. Prior to that, he was elected (and then re-elected) an Illinois State Senator in 1996, and then elected a U.S. Senator in 2004.
He gave the go ahead to kill Osama Bin Laden.
Barack Obama was elected in November 2008, but took office on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009, so he became President in 2009.