Barack Obama is the current Secretary of State of the Union of Everett. Elected to his position on February 18th, 2012, he is the second elected official to hold the executive office of Secretary of State. Before his election to the position, he held positions in the Illinois state Senate and legislature and before the formation of the Union of Everett, positions in the United States Senate. Barack Obama achieved the office of Illinois state Governor from 2007 until 2011.