Meet Barack Obama's Lookalike Who Shares in His 'Fame And Dangers'

                        Barack Obama                                                            IIham Anas

Ilham Anas has travelled the world at the US President's doppelganger - work which has helped him build a home and support his family in Jakarta. If the most important man in the world ever needs a body double, he can rely on Ilham Anas.

The 40-year-old Indonesian's resemblance to Barack Obama is so uncanny he is regularly stopped at airports by admirers who mistake him for the US President. His work as Obama's doppelganger has seen him travel the world - including the US and China - build a home and support his family in Jakarta - where the real Obama spent time living as a kid. Ilham told wowzeto.com: "If I am wearing a suit, many people mistake me for the real Obama. "When I was in America, a grandmother got in the elevator with me and was so shocked to see 'Barack Obama' stood there she fainted." The unassuming father-of-two, who works as a photographer for a teen magazine, is regularly mobbed when out and about in Indonesia - thanks in part to his celebrity status as the fake US leader.


Ever since Obamamania swept around the world in the run up to the President's first election win, Ilham has been teased about his look. He added: "Colleagues of mine decided to put a picture of me next to that of Barack's and everyone mentioned how similar we look. "When he was elected, a local newspaper ran the picture comparing the two of us and suddenly there was so much demand for me to appear on TV and in public. "I never wished for this, I am naturally a very shy person but it is God's blessing.

"It has given me money to buy a car, money towards my house." But Ilham, a devout Muslim living in the world's most populous Muslim nation, does sometimes fear for his safety because of who he looks like. He said: "I am very careful about the jobs I take. I refuse anything that I think may be controversial or look bad on the real Obama."