Claim: The forty-fourth president of the US was Barack Obama.
Evidence: Barack Hussein Obama II -LRB- -LSB- bəˈrɑːk_huːˈseɪn_oʊˈbɑːmə -RSB- ; born August 4 , 1961 -RRB- is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017.