Michelle Obama
| Michelle Obama | |
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| First Lady of the United States | |
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In role January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Laura Bush |
| Succeeded by | Melania Trump |
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| Born |
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson January 17, 1964 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Barack Obama (m. 1992) |
| Children | Malia and Sasha |
| Parents | Fraser Robinson III Marian Shields |
| Relatives | Craig Robinson (brother) |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University Harvard University |
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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American lawyer and writer who was First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and was the first African-American First Lady. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, Obama is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and spent her early legal career working at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her husband. She subsequently worked as the Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago and the Vice President for Community and External Affairs of the University of Chicago Medical Center. Barack and Michelle married in 1992 and have two daughters.
Obama campaigned for her husband's presidential bid throughout 2007 and 2008, delivering a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. She returned to speak at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, and again during the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, where she delivered a speech in support of the Democratic Presidential nominee, and fellow First Lady, Hillary Clinton.
As First Lady, Obama became a fashion icon, a role model for women, and an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition, physical activity, and healthy eating.
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson was born on January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois, to Fraser Robinson III, a city water plant employee and Democratic precinct captain, and Marian Shields Robinson, a secretary at Spiegel's catalog store. Her mother was a full-time homemaker until Michelle entered high school.
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