EVIDENCE: WORD LEADERS

BARACK OBAMA
 BARACK OBAMA
I´M GOING TO DIVIDE THIS TALK INTO THREE PARTS
• 1. Barak Obama: leader among the leaders
• a) A leader of his people
• b) When he was born
• c) Why he is famous
• 2. The young Obama
• a) when did he live?
• b) School and college
• c) Family life
• 3. Barak Obama: an inspiration for others
• d) Obama becomes president
• e) Qualifying the Obama leader's economy, by numbers
• f) Awards and Achievements
• References
 A LEADER OF HISPEOPLE

BarackHusseinObamaisanAmericanpoliticianw
asthefirstAfrican-
Americancandidatenominatedforthepresidency
bytheDemocraticPartyandisthefirsttoholdthepres
identialoffice.
Obamaisacharismaticman,ofideas,principlesan
dconvictions,whohasmanagedtotransmittothep
ublicavisionofhopetoachievechange.
WHEN WAS BORN ?

ObamawasbornonAugust4,1961,inHo
nolulu,Hawaii,wherehisfather,Barack
HusseinObama,borninKenya,andhis
mother,ShirleyAnaDunham,anIrishwo
manborninKansas,hadmet.
 WHY IS HE FAMOUS ?

BarakObamaisareferencelead
erisanauthenticpoliticalleader,
endowedwithattitudesandvalu
esthathavebeenforgedsincech
ildhood.
Heisaleaderthathasbeenmade
andforgedwiththeexperiences
ofhisdailylife,hisleadershiphasb
eenstrengthenedbyvaluessuch
astrust,commitment,asenseofc
ommunity,solidaritywiththemos
tneedy,hopeandtheironWill.
 THEYOUNG OBAMA
Born in (Honolulu, Hawaii, 1961) Obama
spent his childhood between Hawaii and
Indonesia, where he met the conditions of
poverty that affect millions of people in
the so-called Third World.There he
attended his primary education.Back in
the United States he spent two years at
Occidental College in Los Angeles.In 1983
he entered the Columbia University (New
York) to study Political Science, and
specialized in International Relations.In
1991, he entered Harvard University
(Cambridge, Massachusetts) to further his
higher education, and was elected the
first black president of the Harvard Law
Review, a student publication of the
center.
 SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
Aftergraduatingfromhighschoolin1979,Obamamovedt
oLosAngelestoattendOccidentalCollege.
InFebruary1981,Obamamadehisfirstpublicspeech,calli
ngforOccidentaltoparticipateinthedisinvestmentfromS
outhAfricainresponsetothatnation'spolicyofapartheid.
Inmid-
1981,ObamatraveledtoIndonesiatovisithismotherandh
alf-
sisterMaya,andvisitedthefamiliesofcollegefriendsinPa
kistanandIndiaforthreeweeks.
Laterin1981,hetransferredasajuniortoColumbiaUniver
sityinNewYorkCity,wherehemajoredinpoliticalscience
withaspecialtyininternationalrelationsandinEnglishlite
ratureandlivedoff-campusonWest109thStreet.
HegraduatedwithaBAdegreein1983andworkedforabout
ayearattheBusinessInternationalCorporation,wherehe
wasafinancialresearcherandwriterthenasaprojectcoor
dinatorfortheNewYorkPublicInterestResearchGroupon
theCityCollegeofNewYork
FAMILY LIFE

Obamamethiswife,MichelleRobinson,in
June1989,whenhewashiredasasummer
associateatlawfirmSidleyAustin,attheen
dofthesummertheybothbeganacourtshi
p,gotengagedin1991,andgotmarriedonO
ctober3.1992.Thefirstdaughterofthecou
plewasbornin1998,andtheybaptizedher
withthenameofMaliaAnn,then,in2001,he
rseconddaughter,Natasha,wasborn.
 BARAK OBAMA: BECOMES PRESIDENT
OnFebruary10,2007heannouncedhiscandidac
yforthepresidencyoftheUnitedStatesandonJu
ne3,2008hebecamethecandidateoftheDemocr
aticParty.
InthepresidentialelectionofNovember4,2008,h
ebecamepresident-
electafterdefeatingRepublicanpresidentialcan
didateJohnMcCain,takingofficeas44thpreside
ntonJanuary20,2009.
OnOctober9ofthatyearhewasawardedtheNobe
lPeacePrizeforhisdiplomaticeffortsinfavorofn
ucleardisarmament,theachievementofapeace
processintheMiddleEastandthepromotionofth
efightagainstclimatechange.
QUALIFYING THE OBAMA LEADER'S
ECONOMY, BY NUMBERS

attheendofObama'sterm,theoveralleconomyconti
nuestoexpand—
slowly.Asofthefirstquarterofthisyear,theU.S.econ
omyisnearly15percentbiggerthanwhenthepreside
nttookofficein2008,adjustedforinflation.
Thatgainisslightlylessthanhispredecessor,Georg
eW.Bush,androughlyhalftheGDPgaininpercentag
etermsduringtheReaganadministration.
Greatfigurethatratifiedhimasaneconomicleader.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

NobelPeacePrizehadbeenawardedtoP
residentBarackObamaonDecember10
,2009"forhiseffortstostrengthenintern
ationaldiplomacyandcooperationamo
ngpeoples"standingoutforhis"visiono
faworldwithoutnuclearweapons."
BarackObamareceivedtheKingAbdul
AzizNecklaceofSaudiArabiain2009an
dthePresidentialMedalofDistinction(Is
rael).
 REFERENCES

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• Availableat:
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
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Biographyonline
• Availableat:
• https://www.biography.com/people/barack-obama-12782369