Michelle Obama
Celebrity
1964 –
Who is Michelle Obama?
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, an American lawyer and writer, is the wife of the 44th and current President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, she is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and spent the early part of her legal career working at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Throughout 2007 and 2008, she helped campaign for her husband's presidential bid. She delivered a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention and also spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. She is the mother of daughters Malia and Natasha. As the wife of a Senator, and later the First Lady, she has become a fashion icon and role model for women, and an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition, and healthy eating.
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- Born
- Jan 17, 1964
Chicago - Also known as
- Michelle Robinson
- Michelle Robinson Obama
- Michelle LaVaughn Robinson
- The Closer
- FLOTUS
- Renaissance
- Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama
- First Lady Michelle Obama
- Mooch
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Barack Obama
(1992/10/03 - )
- Barack Obama
- Children
- Religion
- United Church of Christ
- Protestantism
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University
Sociology; African-American studies
( - 1985) - Juris Doctor, Harvard Law School
(1985 - 1988) - Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
( - 1981)
- Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University
- Employment
- University of Chicago Medical Center
- Sidley Austin
- First Lady, Federal government of the United States
(2009/01/20 - )
- Lived in
- Hyde Park
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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