The first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 was Michelle Obama (born January 17, 1964), an American author and lawyer who was first husband Barack Obama. She filled this role for the first time with an African-American woman.
Obama, a Chicago native who was raised on the South Side, is a Princeton and Harvard Law School alum. Barack Obama and she first met while she was an associate at the law firm Sidley Austin. Later, she served as the vice president for Community and External Affairs of the University of Chicago Medical Center as well as the associate dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago. She also worked for charity organizations.
Michelle Obama Husband: Who is Barack Obama?
In 1992, Michelle wed Barack, and the two of them went on to have two kids. Barack Hussein Obama II, an American former politician born on August 4, 1961, presided over the country as its 44th president from 2009 to 2017. He was the first African-American president of the United States and a member of the Democratic Party.