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Date of Birth
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17-January-1964
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Place of Birth
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Chicago
(Illinois, United States of America, Chicago metropolitan area, Area code 872)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Michelle Robinson Obama, Michelle Robinson, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, The Closer, FLOTUS, Renaissance, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Michelle LaVaughn Obama, Michelle Robinson, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, Michelle Obama, Mišel Obama, Michelle Obama
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Profession
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Lawyer, Writer
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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, an American lawyer and writer, is the wife of the 44th and current President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School before returning to Chicago to work at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Throughout 2007 and 2008, she helped campaign for her husband's presidential bid. She delivered a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention and also spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. She is the mother of daughters Malia and Natasha. As the wife of a Senator, and later the First Lady, she has become a fashion icon and role model for women, and an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition, and healthy eating.
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