Former US President Barack Obama won his first Emmy for his portrayal in the five-part Netflix docuseries.

Obama becomes the second president to win an Emmy, after Dwight Eisenhower, who was given an award in 1956 while still in office, and the first to win a competitive award for a specific television project. He had in front of him some very strong competitors such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, David Attenborough, W. Kamau Bell and Lupita Nyong’o.

So, Obama was not present during the award ceremony and the Academy accepted on his behalf.

The docuseries, which began in April, is part of a multi-year film and television deal that Obama and his wife, Michele, reached with Netflix in 2018.