Illinois Senate
|
Preceded by Alice Palmer
|
Illinois State Senator from the 13th district 1997–2004
|
Succeeded by Kwame Raoul
|
Party political offices
|
Preceded by Carol Moseley Braun
|
Democratic nominee for Senator from Illinois (Class 3) 2004
|
Succeeded by Alexi Giannoulias
|
Preceded by Harold Ford
|
Keynote Speaker of the Democratic National Convention 2004
|
Succeeded by Mark Warner
|
Preceded by John Kerry
|
Democratic presidential nominee 2008, 2012
|
Most recent
|
United States Senate
|
Preceded by Peter Fitzgerald
|
United States Senator (Class 3) from Illinois 2005–2008 Served alongside: Dick Durbin
|
Succeeded by Roland Burris
|
Preceded by George Allen
|
Chairperson of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs 2007–2008
|
Succeeded by Jeanne Shaheen
|
Political offices
|
Preceded by George W. Bush
|
President of the United States 2009–present
|
Incumbent
|
Diplomatic posts
|
Preceded by Nicolas Sarkozy
|
Chairperson of the Group of 8 2012
|
Succeeded by David Cameron
|
Awards and achievements
|
Preceded by Martti Ahtisaari
|
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2009
|
Succeeded by Liu Xiaobo
|