The current president is Barack Obama, a Democrat, who was elected in 2008 and took up office in January 2009.
He is the USA's 44th president and his election made history as he is the USA's first black president.
He was born on 4 August 1961 in Hawaii and worked as a civil rights lawyer before becoming a politician.
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The president before him was George W Bush who held office for eight years.
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