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Anita Alvarez | |
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Cook County State's Attorney | |
In office December 1, 2008 – December 1, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Dick Devine |
Succeeded by | Kim Foxx |
Personal details | |
Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | January 16, 1960
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Loyola University Chicago (BS) Illinois Institute of Technology (JD) |
Anita M. Alvarez[1] (born January 16, 1960) is the former State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois, United States. Alvarez was the first Hispanic woman elected to this position,[2] after being the first Latina to win the Democratic nomination for state's attorney of Cook County.[3][4]