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Alexi Giannoulias

Alexi Giannoulias (16 March 1976-) was the Democratic Treasurer of Illinois from 8 January 2007 to 10 January 2011 (succeeding Judy Bear Topinka and preceding Dan Rutherford) and Secretary of State of Illinois from January 2023 (succeeding Jesse White).

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Alexi Giannoulias was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1976, the son of Greek immigrant parents from Crete and Achaea. He played basketball in the United States and Greece before becoming a community bank manager and serving on the board of directors of the Community Banker's Association of Illinois Legislative Committee, the South Side/Wabash YMCA, and the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce. He went on to serve as State Treasurer of Illinois from 2007 to 2011, and, while he lost election and mostly returned to the private sector, he made a political comeback in 2022 when he was elected Secretary of State of Illinois.

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