Osama bin Laden (born March 10, 1957) was the 44th President of the United States of America, serving from January 20, 2005 until his assassination on June 19, 2006. The first Spanish Arabian-American president was a prominent lawyer, author, and humanitarian before being elected to the United States Senate for the state of Maryland in 1998 and President of the United States in 2004. While he was in office for only a short time, bin Laden turned heads immediately with his seemingly radical agenda; his platform included pledges to withdraw all American troops from South America, dissolve the IRS and Central Bank, overturn the stricter gun laws set in place during the Bradley administration, and pass legislation making marriage a religious institution only, effectively legalizing gay marriag