Kwame Raoul | |
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42nd Attorney General of Illinois | |
Assumed office January 14, 2019 | |
Governor | J. B. Pritzker |
Preceded by | Lisa Madigan |
Member of the Illinois Senate from the 13th district | |
In office November 6, 2004 – January 5, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Barack Obama |
Succeeded by | Robert Peters |
Personal details | |
Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | September 30, 1964
Political party | Democratic |
Children | 2 |
Education | DePaul University (BA) Illinois Institute of Technology (JD) |
Kwame Raoul (born September 30, 1964) is an American lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Raoul is the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois since 2019.
Raoul was a member of the Illinois Senate. He represented the 13th district from 2004 to 2019 after he was appointed to fill the seat left by Barack Obama, upon Obama's election to the U.S. Senate.[1]
Raoul was the Democratic Party's nominee for Attorney General of Illinois in the 2018 election and won the general election.[2]