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On Nov. 4, 2008, he made history as the first African-American president-elect in the United States and gained unprecedented high popularity with his promise of bringing the country "change we can believe in."

In the first 100 days of his presidency, he signaled some major departures from the previous administration, ordering the close of the controversial Guantanamo Bay prison, mapping the strategy to end the costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and reaching out to the world that has been fed up with the U.S. unilateralism.

On every Saturday morning, he appeared in a video clip posted on the White House website to deliver the routine weekly national address rather than over radio. This is seen as only a tip of iceberg compared to his whole strategy to employ modern technology in building a more transparent and accessible government.

He would surprise Americans by occasionally showing up in a humble fast food restaurant outside Washington, D.C., eating burgers with his sleeves wrapped and taking out more for his White House staff.

That man is Barack Obama.

Obama is a husband, father, career statesman, Democratic Party leader and public icon. But above all, he is the American leader who is steering the country through multiple domestic and global challenges.

EARLY LIFE

Obama's life tells a different story from previous presidents. He was born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a Kenyan father and a white mother from the state of Kansas, in the U.S. heartland.

Obama graduated from Columbia University in 1983. Two years later, he moved from New York to Chicago, Illinois, and worked as a community organizer in a poor African-American area for three years, when he realized involvement at a higher level was needed to bring true improvement to such communities.

Obama then attended Harvard Law School and was elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. After graduation, he returned to Chicago where he practiced civil rights law and taught the Constitution at the University of Chicago.

During the period, Obama met his wife, Michelle Robinson. They married on Oct. 3, 1992. and have two daughters, Malia Ann and Natasha.

POLITICAL CAREER

Obama made his first attempt for public office in 1996 and won a seat in the Illinois State Senate.

In 2004, Obama beat six Democratic rivals to win the nomination in the congressional elections. That November, he overwhelmingly captured 70 percent of the popular vote in the congressional elections to become a senator.

When Obama announced his bid for the White House on Feb. 10, 2007, in Springfield, Illinois, he was not considered a hopeful compared to other high-profile candidates including former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.

But, Obama soon made a headline story by raising 58 million U.S. dollars, setting the record for fundraising by a presidential campaign in the first six months of the calendar year before the elections.

From the campaign started on Jan. 3 till it ended on Aug. 29, Obama strode up to the stage of the Democratic National Convention against all odds, winning presidential nomination and naming then Senator Joe Biden to be his running mate.

Obama's road to the White House was eventually laid out after he easily beat Republican rival John McCain on the election night. However, challenges came even before his presidency started as a worse economic crisis in decades befell to the United States in the fall of 2008.

FIRST-YEAR PRESIDENCY IN AMERICAN PEOPLE'S EYES

"Overall, Obama's first year in his presidency can be approved," said Will Turner, a Virginia resident in his 20's. "Americans understand being a president is a tough job, and would like to give him more time to work on those complicated issues."

It is by no means an easy job to deliver his campaign promises including closing Guantanamo prison, ending the Iraq war, offering universal health care coverage and achieving bipartisan cooperation, let alone in a rough period when the country was facing serious economic meltdown.

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