Which former First Lady did Barack Obama marry in 1992?

Barack Obama married Michelle Robinson in 1992, before he became President of the United States. They married on October 3, 1992, at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois.

Michelle Robinson met Barack Obama in 1989 at the Chicago law firm Sidley Austin, where she was assigned to advise him during his summer internship. She initially viewed him as a colleague, but their relationship developed during that summer. They became engaged in 1991.

The couple have two daughters, Malia, born in 1998, and Sasha, born in 2001. Barack Obama served as U.S. president from 2009 to 2017, while Michelle Obama was First Lady throughout both of his terms. A common mix-up is assuming they met during his political career; they met years before his presidency, when both were working in law.