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Barack Obama Sr.

Economist and father of Barack Obama Jr. (1934–1982)

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Nov 23, 2025
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What role did Obama's childhood in Indonesia and his father's background play in the Muslim rumors?

Rumors that Barack Obama was secretly Muslim drew directly on two biographical facts: he spent four childhood years (1967–1971) in largely Muslim Indonesia and his biological father was born a Muslim ...

Feb 2, 2026

Where is the father of Barack Obama now?

, the n father of former U.S. President , is dead: he died in on November 24, 1982 . His life—scholarship student in the , senior Kenyan government economist, a man who largely vanished from his Ameri...