Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I tīmata te wā o Barack Obama hei perehitini 44 o te United States ki
I whakatuhia ia i te 20 o Hanuere 2009, a ka mutu i te 20 o Hanuere 2017. I riro a Obama, he kaitōrangapū nō Illinois, i te tūranga whai muri i tana wikitōria nui ki te kaitōrangapū Republican a John McCain i te pōtitanga perehitini o te tau 2008. E wha tau i muri mai, i te pōtitanga perehitini o te tau 2012, ka hinga ia i te kaitono Republican a Mitt Romney ki te wikitoria i te pōtitanga anō. I whai muri a Obama i te Republican a Donald Trump, nana nei i wikitoria te pooti perehitini 2016. Ko ia te perehitini tuatahi o Awherika, te perehitini tuatahi o nga iwi maha, te perehitini tuatahi ehara i te ma, me te perehitini tuatahi i whanau i Hawaii.