Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 20 / Trend / Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th U.S. president begun in Washington on Jan. 20, the BBC TV channel reported.
Former Illinois Senator Obama won the Nov. 4 presidential election.
The Electoral College formally elected Obama president on Dec. 15.
The inauguration is seen as the most expensive in U.S. history.
Obama is the first African-American to be elected U.S. president.
Obama's popularity hit 84 percent even before the inauguration.
Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961. He is a graduate of the Columbia University and Harvard Law School where he was editor of the "Harvard Law Review." Obama worked
as a civil rights attorney in Chicago.
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