Who did Barack Obama marry in 1992?

Barack Obama married Michelle Robinson in 1992; she later became known as Michelle Obama.

The couple married on October 3, 1992, at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. At the time, Michelle was still using her birth surname, Robinson, so “Michelle Robinson” is the historically precise answer to the question as phrased. Their relationship began after Obama joined the Chicago law firm Sidley Austin as a summer associate in 1989, where Michelle worked as an attorney and was assigned to advise him.

Michelle earned a sociology degree from Princeton University in 1985 and a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1988. Barack Obama also studied at Harvard Law School, where he became the first Black president of the *Harvard Law Review* before returning to Chicago.

After their wedding, the Obamas settled in Chicago and had two daughters: Malia, born in 1998, and Sasha, born in 2001. Michelle later served as First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A common mix-up is answering simply “Michelle Obama”; that is correct as her later public name, while “Michelle Robinson” identifies her surname at the time of the marriage.