Barack Obama, U.S. President ever Living in Indonesia

Barack Obama, U.S. Presidential Candidate Who ever Living in Indonesia
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
This is the popular figure in the United States at this time. Compete closely with Hillary Clinton, Obama become a role model and idol of the young United States

Barack Obama political career melejit. Ability berpolitiknya ditopang ability to mesmerize rhetoric, charisma and a blazing smile captivating. That is a concern that young people who are currently disillusioned with the modern politics.

Actually who is Obama?

Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., born 4 August 1961, was a Senator from Illinois. He became the world's attention because the main speech at the Democrat National Convention in 2004, when he was still a Senator of the State of Illinois. In the same year, he became the first African descent to win election to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat.

Obama was born in Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii economist father graduated from Harvard, Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.., From Kenya, and mother Ann Dunham, from Wichita, Kansas. Time Obama was born, both parents are students at the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

When the age of two years, her parents divorced. His father returned to Kenya, and he only met his son once more before died in 1982. Then married Ann Dunham Soetoro with lolo, also a student East-West Center (MA Geography 1962) from Indonesia.

Barack on the child using the name 'Barry'. This family then moved to Jakarta, where Obama step-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, was born (Obama also has a step-brothers from his father who married again). When Obama was 10 years old he returned to Hawaii and diasuh grandfather, grandmother, Madelyn Dunham.

Period in the Small SDN Menteng 01

Barack Obama, the first black person who is now a presidential candidate so trusted United States in the 2008 elections, memories by teachers and friends in SD Menteng, Jakarta, as the students have hands that intelligent southpaw.

Her leadership of Barry already seen since the school joined the Scouts. First to come to SDN Menteng 1, Barry can not be English. "He was his mother, the bule," reminded Winardiyanto Bandung, Obama sister class.

Because friends do not have a class that can be English, Barry is also difficult to communicate. The withdrawal of new students "antique", the man born 4 August 1961 that so many months-monthly school friend.

"He (Barry) named Si Lentik Barry because his fur lentik, the hair curls typical African people," story. In addition, the Si Si Lentik also named Black as the dark skin color.

Although not fluent in Indonesian, Barry easily interact with friends and even contemporary seniornya. Beautiful memories together with Barry when camping in the school.

"Our senior and junior penggalang served as a Boy Scout," he said. Barry penchant main rigging, and running competitions. The point can not be silent children, hiperaktif and often ask, "said Bandung. Barry also didaulat often become gang leaders.

"He never promiscuous friend to love jajan in kiosks Kamid," story. Kiosk Kamid established since an 60-year sell candy, ciki-cikian (a kind of snack), and chocolate. We often jajan with, "he said.

Barack Obama students SDN Menteng 01
Barack Obama students SDN Menteng 01
Political career, Hope & Change


Obama political career began from the Democratic Party national convention in 2004. At that time people compare him directly with figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., and Democratic icons, John and Robert Kennedy.

Since he developed a mantra that is the hope and change ``. He also described the competitors, Hillary Clinton, as a symbol of the political system is broken and must be updated immediately.

"This time we finally overcome the political menakut-fear Him, doubts and cynical. Politics is in fact split, not build this country," said Obama to supporting.

"Since this time, you will see the back and say, this is the time and place of remembering what America means hope," he added.

Because two years in Congress and a period as local legislators, many people consider Obama campaign is now premature. In his book The Audacity of Hope, Obama explain why he did not wait to turn incoming White House fight.

Confess he is very motivated with the speech Martin Luther King Jr. on the interests of `the` very urgent for a grassroots movement to persist the changes.

He often even contemplate the price he must pay for menyukseskan campaign, namely the loss of time for his wife Michelle and two daughter Malia and Sasha.

As the skin color, he often mentions as a spokesperson for generations to come. The implicit attempt to separate the combatants themselves preceding black skin like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton who have voted president less attention from the white.

In an interview with AFP, Obama confessed that life in Indonesia has opened his eyes. He saw wide gaps between rich and poor in the world, and the impact of political upheaval in the ruck.

"That made me wide on the cliff across the country in the world. It also made me understand how people are in such poor can, how issues of corruption can take the opportunity," augment him.

After finishing high school, Obama lectures at the University of Columbia, go to Harvard Law School. In situlah he became the first black students who became president of Harvard Law Review, an institution that is very influential.

Obama with his wife
Obama with his wife
During the lecture he had worked as a community manager in New York Harlem and the South Side of Chicago, the two areas most hard in the U.S.. At that time he formed a family.

He was to dive in Illinois politics as a lawyer defending the rights of the public. He was also a period of three successful state senator, before a successful U.S. senator in 2004. Make a speech at that time the world saw the birth of a new political star U.S..

"There is no black America, white America, Latino or Asian America, we are one nation. We all promised faithfully on American flag, we all defend the United States," exclaim him to invite the hand formations