Barack Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, was elected President of the United States on November 4, 2008 and was inaugurated as the nation's 44th president on January 20, 2009. Re-elected on November 6, 2012, his second inauguration was on January 21, 2013, and his presidency ended on January 20, 2017 with the inauguration of Donald Trump. The following articles cover the timeline of Obama's presidency: