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Barack Obama, 43rd President

Explore the Obama administration (2013–2017). View events, executive orders, leadership positions, court cases, and key policy decisions that shaped American governance.

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2025–Present (2nd term)

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Joe Biden

2021–2025

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Donald Trump

2017–2021 (1st term)

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Barack Obama

2013–2017 (2nd term)

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Barack Obama

2009–2013 (1st term)

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George W. Bush

2005–2009 (2nd term)

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George W. Bush

2001–2005 (1st term)

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Bill Clinton

1997–2001 (2nd term)

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Bill Clinton

1993–1997 (1st term)

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George H.W. Bush

1989–1993

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Ronald Reagan

1985–1989 (2nd term)

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Ronald Reagan

1981–1985 (1st term)

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Jimmy Carter

1977–1981

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Gerald Ford

1974–1977

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Richard Nixon

1969–1974

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

1965–1969 (2nd term)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963–1965 (1st term)

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John F. Kennedy

1961–1963

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Dwight Eisenhower

1957–1961 (2nd term)

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Dwight Eisenhower

1953–1957 (1st term)

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Harry S. Truman

1945–1953

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

1945–1945 (4th term)

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

1941–1945 (3rd term)

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

1937–1941 (2nd term)

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

1933–1937 (1st term)

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Herbert Hoover

1929–1933

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Calvin Coolidge

1923–1929

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Warren G. Harding

1921–1923

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Woodrow Wilson

1917–1921 (2nd term)

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Woodrow Wilson

1913–1917 (1st term)

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William Howard Taft

1909–1913

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Theodore Roosevelt

1905–1909 (2nd term)

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Theodore Roosevelt

1901–1905 (1st term)

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William McKinley

1901–1901 (2nd term)

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William McKinley

1897–1901 (1st term)

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Grover Cleveland

1893–1897 (2nd term)

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Benjamin Harrison

1889–1893

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Grover Cleveland

1885–1889 (1st term)

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Chester A. Arthur

1881–1885

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James A. Garfield

1881–1881

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Rutherford B. Hayes

1877–1881

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Ulysses S. Grant

1873–1877 (2nd term)

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Ulysses S. Grant

1869–1873 (1st term)

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Andrew Johnson

1865–1869

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Abraham Lincoln

1865–1865 (2nd term)

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Abraham Lincoln

1861–1865 (1st term)

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James Buchanan

1857–1861

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Franklin Pierce

1853–1857

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Millard Fillmore

1850–1853

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Zachary Taylor

1849–1850

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James K. Polk

1845–1849

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John Tyler

1841–1845

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William Henry Harrison

1841–1841

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Martin Van Buren

1837–1841

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Andrew Jackson

1833–1837 (2nd term)

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Andrew Jackson

1829–1833 (1st term)

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John Quincy Adams

1825–1829

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James Monroe

1821–1825 (2nd term)

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James Monroe

1817–1821 (1st term)

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James Madison

1813–1817 (2nd term)

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James Madison

1809–1813 (1st term)

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Thomas Jefferson

1805–1809 (2nd term)

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Thomas Jefferson

1801–1805 (1st term)

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John Adams

1797–1801

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George Washington

1793–1797 (2nd term)

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George Washington

1789–1793 (1st term)

Events122Executive Orders138
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13764

Amending the Civil Service Rules, Executive Order 13488, and Executive Order 13467 To Modernize the Executive Branch-Wide Governance Structure and Processes for Security Clearances, Suitability and Fitness for Employment, and Credentialing, and Related Matters

Jan 17, 2017
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13761

Recognizing Positive Actions by the Government of Sudan and Providing for the Revocation of Certain Sudan-Related Sanctions

Jan 13, 2017
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13763

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Environmental Protection Agency

Jan 13, 2017
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13762

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice

Jan 13, 2017
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13758

Amending Executive Order 11016 To Update Eligibility Criteria for Award of the Purple Heart

Jan 12, 2017
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13759

Designating the World Organisation for Animal Health as a Public International Organization Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities

Jan 12, 2017
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13760

Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program

Jan 12, 2017
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13757

Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber- Enabled Activities

Dec 28, 2016
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13756

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

Dec 27, 2016
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13755

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Labor

Dec 23, 2016
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13753

Amending the Order of Succession in the Department of Homeland Security

Dec 9, 2016
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13754

Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience

Dec 9, 2016
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13752

Relating to the Implementation of the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance

Dec 8, 2016
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President

Regarding the Proposed Acquisition of a Controlling Interest in Aixtron SE by Grand Chip Investment GmbH

Dec 7, 2016
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13751

Safeguarding the Nation From the Impacts of Invasive Species

Dec 5, 2016
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13750

Providing for the Appointment of Alumni of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, and the Critical Language Scholarship Program to the Competitive Service

Nov 29, 2016
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13749

Providing for the Appointment in the Competitive Service of Certain Employees of the Foreign Service

Nov 29, 2016
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President

Correction

Nov 22, 2016
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13748

Establishing a Community Solutions Council

Nov 16, 2016
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President
13747

Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda To Achieve a World Safe and Secure From Infectious Disease Threats

Nov 4, 2016
Barack Obama
Executive Office of the President