Kwame Raoul

Kwame Raoul
Raoul in 2009
42nd Attorney General of Illinois
Assumed office
January 14, 2019
GovernorJ. B. Pritzker
Preceded byLisa Madigan
Member of the Illinois Senate
from the 13th district
In office
November 6, 2004 – January 5, 2019
Preceded byBarack Obama
Succeeded byRobert Peters
Personal details
Born (1964-09-30) September 30, 1964 (age 60)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLisa Moore
Children2
EducationDePaul University (BA)
Illinois Institute of Technology (JD)

Kwame Raoul (/ˈkwɑːm rɑːˈl/, born September 30, 1964) is an American lawyer and politician who has been the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party.[1]

Raoul represented the 13th district in the Illinois Senate from 2004 to 2019. Initially appointed to fill the seat vacated by Barack Obama when Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Raoul won subsequent election and reelection. He served as Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice Chair of the Senate Criminal Law Committee, and as a member of the Executive, Gaming, Insurance and Public Health Committees.[2]

  1. ^ "Democrat Kwame Raoul cruises to easy win in Illinois attorney general race". Chicago Tribune. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  2. ^ Illinois General Assembly – Senator Biography. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved November 6, 2018. Archived from the original on July 8th, 2024.