Sixty percent of those employees, or 450,443 employees, were in education or higher education....State executive salaries.Office and current officialSalaryAttorney General of Illinois Kwame Raoul$160,800/yearIllinois Secretary of State Jesse White$156,5417 more rows
The Illinois Attorney GeneralIncumbent. Kwame Raoul The Illinois Attorney General is the highest legal officer of the state of Illinois in the United States. Originally an appointed office, it is now an office filled by statewide election.
Chicago-Kent College of Law1993DePaul UniversityKwame Raoul/EducationRaoul earned his B.A. degree in political science from DePaul University and went on to receive his J.D. degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
450 Assistant Attorneys GeneralMore than 450 Assistant Attorneys General and over 300 employees serve in the Office of the Attorney General in offices in Chicago, Springfield and Carbondale as well as regional offices in Rockford, Quincy, Champaign-Urbana and Belleville.
Kwame Raoul (Democratic Party)Illinois / Attorney generalAttorney General Kwame Raoul (Democrat) was sworn in as the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois in January 2019.
42 Illinois attorneysThere have been 42 Illinois attorneys general general since 1819.
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J. B. Pritzker (Democratic Party)Illinois / GovernorJay Robert "J. B." Pritzker is an American businessman, philanthropist, and politician serving as the 43rd governor of Illinois. He is a private business owner based in Chicago and a managing partner and co-founder of the Pritzker Group, and a member of the Pritzker family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain. Wikipedia
Kimberly M. FoxxKimberly M. Foxx (née Anderson; born April 4, 1972) is an American politician, who is currently the State's Attorney (district attorney) for Cook County, Illinois. She manages the second largest prosecutor's office in the United States, consisting of approximately 700 attorneys and 1,100 employees.
Attorneys generalAttorneys general are the top legal officers of their state or territory. They advise and represent their legislature and state agencies and act as the “People's Lawyer” for the citizens. Most are elected, though a few are appointed by the governor.
Kim FoxxCook County State's AttorneyState's Attorney of Cook CountyIncumbent Kim Foxx since December 1, 2016Term length4 yearsSalary$192,789 (2014)WebsiteOffice of the Cook County State's Attorney
the Governor46), the General Assembly provided for an interim appointment of the Attorney General by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, until the following election for Governor, at which time the Attorney General was to be elected by the qualified electors of the State to a four year term.