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Person of the Year

United States of America · Politics / Democratic Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2008

Barack Hussein ObamaDecember 2008

Politics / Democratic Party

Time magazine names Barack Obama as its Person of the Year for his historic candidacy and election, which it described as "the steady march of seemingly impossible accomplishments"

Names involved

Barack Hussein Obama

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