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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Barack Obama - 44th President of USA

  










US Presidential Polls
US Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama and his wife Michelle vote in the US presidential election at the Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School in Chicago on November 4, 2008
 Barack Obama shows an electronic receipt that showed he voted in the US presidential election.
 Joseph Biden (Vice-President)walks with his mother Jean before casting their votes in the US presidential election in Delaware

Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain and his wife Cindy McCain arrives at his local polling place to turn in his absentee ballot on November 4, 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona.  



Barack Obama Elected 44th US President

Barack Hussein Obama II(born August 4, 1961in Honolulu,Hawaii) is the 44th President of theUSA and the 1st African-American to hold the office.(Obama previously served as a US Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 Presential Elections). Obama is a graduate of  Columbia University and Harvard Law School.


On February 10, 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for President of the USA in front of the Old State Capitol  building in Springfield , Illinois.The choice of the announcement site was viewed as symbolic because it was also where Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic ''House Divided'' speech in 1858.
On November 4, Obama won the presidency with 365 electoral votes  to 173 received by McCain.Obama won 52.9% of the popular vote  to McCain's 45.7%.




Television personality Oprah Winfrey and Reverend Jesse Jackson react after projections showed that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) will be elected to serve as the next President of the USA

Obama supporters react after projections show that Senator Barack Obama will be elected to serve as the next President of the USA
 

 Barack Obama's Victory Speech
US President-elect Barack Obama (L) and Vice-President-elect Joe Biden acknowledge their supporters after Obama gave his victory speech during an election night gathering in Grant Park on November 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois
  
Obama  stands on stage with Vice-President elect Joe Biden and his mother Jean after Obama gave his victory speech during an election night gathering in Grant Park on November 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois.

 Obama stands on stage along with his wife Michelle (R) and daughters Malia (2nd R) and Sasha during an election night gathering in Grant Park on November 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. 


Obama gives his victory speech to supporters during an election night gathering in Grant Park on November 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. 
 

 Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain Concedes Defeat
Senator John McCain stands with his wife Cindy, his running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and her husband Tood, as he delivers his concession speech after Senator Barack Obama defeated him in the presidential election, in Phoenix
  
 
Oath of Office

The inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President, and Joe Biden as Vice President, took place on January 20, 2009


Barack Obama's India Visit



 US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive in New Delhi



President Barack Obama greets President Pratibha Patil as First Lady Michelle Obama, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur look on at the ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan





US President Barack Obama is accompanied by Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, as he enters the Parliament in New Delhi


President Barack Obama inspects an honour guard during an official arrival ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi




President Barack Obama delivers an address to Jthe Joint session of the Indian parliament in New Delhi



President Barack Obama bows before the audience beside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after delivering a speech at the Joint session of the Parliament House in New Delhi

                                                                                 

 US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greet each other after addressing a joint press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi







President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh listen to a question during a press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi

US President Barack Obama listens to Sonia Gandhi during their meeting in New Delhi





President Barack Obama and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj at a meeting in New Delhi.
          
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle receive a scroll/receive a memento with Gandhian ideas after paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi



US President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur during a dinner hosted for the visiting American Head of State



US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle arrive at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai on Saturday for a three-day India visit.





President Barack Obama takes questions from students at a town-hall style event with students at St. Xavier's College in Mumbai.
 President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama shake a leg with students at the Holy Name High School in Mumbai
 US President Barack Obama greets businessmen and industrialists at the US-India Business Council and Entrepreneurship Summit in Mumbai.

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