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Barack Obama

Person of interest · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Barack Obama is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Barack Hussein Obama II · Barack Obama · Barak Obama · Baraks Obama · Μπαράκ Ομπάμα · 20 more...				[sources]
Other name	Barack Husein Obama · Barack Hussein Obama · Barack Hussein Obama II · Barack Hussein Obama Jr · Barack Hussein Obama Jr. · 98 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	BHO · Barak · Ομπάμα · Б.Обама · БХО · 24 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1961-08-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Honolulu · Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	Kenya · United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Barack · Barak · Hussein				[sources]
Last name	Obama				[sources]
Website	obama.senate.gov · barackobama.com · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q76				[sources]
Position	President of the United States (2009-2017) · President-elect of the United States (2008-2009) · Senate (member, 2005-2007) · Senate (member, 2007-2008) · United States senator (2005-2007) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Bachelor of Arts · Centaurus High School · Columbia University (1981-1983) · Harvard Law School (1988-1991) · Harvard University (1988-1991) · 8 more...				[sources]
Religion	Congregational churches · Protestantism · United Church of Christ · congregationalist polity				[sources]
Ethnicity	African Americans				[sources]
Source link	www.treccani.it · www.whitehouse.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

president of the United States from 2009 to 2017

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-06

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Russia	Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации		-	-

Associations
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Lucky Bisht Politician	significant person	-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sasha Obama Close Associate	child	-	-

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2005-01-06	2007-01-03
President of the United States	-

Data sources

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,169

A list of US citizens under personal sanctions by the Russian Federation.

Russia · MFA

Every Politician57,893

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories360,005

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,207

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,862

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ru-mfa-e9ea78df43f15702ab072dcde093dace93fa9aac · evpo-de09bde1-80a2-48ee-b03a-76ca71a0bb0d

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