BARACK OBAMA &

KAMALA HARRIS
TWO FAMOUS AMERICAN LEADERS
 GENERAL FACTS
Name: Barack Hussein Obama Kamala Devi Harris

Date of birth: 04.08.1961 20.10.1964

Place of birth: Honolulu, Hawaii Oakland, California

Most important position: President of the United States Vice President of the United States

When: 2009 - 2017 2021 - today

Married to: Michelle Obama Douglas Emhoff

Children: Malia Ann, Natasha Stepchildren: Cole, Ella

Family: Stanley Ann Dunham (Mother); Shyamala Gopalan (Mother);

Barack Hussein Obama Snr (Father) Donald J. Harris (Father)
 CAREER
Barack Obama Kamala Harris

Studies: Occidental College 1979 – 1981 Howard University 1982 – 1986

Columbia University 1981 – 1983  Bachelor in political science
 Bachelor in political science University of California – 1989
Harvard Law school 1988 – 1991  “Juris Doctor“
 Doctorate in law
Work: Lawyer Lawyer
Author
 e.g.. “Dreams from My Father“
Important rewards: Nobel Peace Price 2009
 POLITICS
Barack Obama Kamala Harris

Senat of Illinois 1996 – 2004 Attorney General in California 2010 – 2016

U.S.-Senator 2004 - 2008 U.S.-Senator 2016 – 2020

President of the United States 2008 – 2016 Vice President of the United States since 2020
 QUOTES & SPEECHES
Barack Obama
2004: Speech at the Democratic National Convention
https://youtu.be/dYAr4lhPb_s
2008: Speech “A More Perfect Union“
https://youtu.be/zrp-v2tHaDo
2008: Speech after his election victory
https://youtu.be/Jll5baCAaQU
2009: Speech at the Nobel Peace Price
https://youtu.be/AORo-YEXxNQ
2015: Speech at the 50th anniversary of the Selma
marches (civil rights movement)
https://youtu.be/gvAIvauhQGQ
Kamala Harris
2020: Victory speech in Wilmington, Del.
https://youtu.be/MXnePLTILY4
Quotes:
“Unity is our strength, diversity is our power“
“Together, united, as one country, we can be a force for
change.“
“Our democracy is at ist strongest and most powerful
when everyone participates.“
“Optimism is the fuel driving every fight i‘ve been in.“
“The American Dream belongs to all of us!“