Barack Obama wishes his wife, Michelle Obama a Happy Birthday

Michelle Obama

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American writer, lawyer, and university administrator who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th U.S. President, Barack Obama, and was the first African-American First Lady.

Her husband, Barack Obama posted an old throwback picture of then and wished his wife a "Happy Birthday"

"I knew it way back then and I’m absolutely convinced of it today — you’re one of a kind, @MichelleObama. Happy Birthday!" he wrote.

The couple has been married since 1992 after they first met in the late 1980s when she was working at a Chicago law firm and he was a summer associate at the firm.

They are close to becoming empty-nesters, as older daughter Malia, 20, is a student at Harvard, while younger daughter Sasha, 17, is a senior in high school.

Michelle opened up about their relationship in her memoir, "Becoming," talking about how they have struggles like many couples and seek counseling when they need it. She also revealed the sweet way he proposed to her in 1991.