Governor of Illinois

The governor of Illinois is the head of government of Illinois, and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution. It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of the state. The governor is responsible for enacting laws passed by the Illinois General Assembly. Illinois is one of 13 states that does not have a gubernatorial term-limit along with Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, District of Columbia, Vermont, New Hampshire and Puerto Rico. The governor is commander-in-chief of the state's land, air and sea forces when they are in state service.

10 December 1956

Born on the same birth date (10 December 1956): Jan van Dijk (footballer) • Roberto Cassinelli

Born on the same birth day (10 December): Bill Dunk • Bobby Flay • Brian Molko • Carolyn Kizer • Danny Matt • Elizabeth Baker (economist) • Eugene O'Keefe • Gabriela Spanic • Giovanni Messe • Gonzalo Higuaín • Harold Adamson • Harry Locke • John Boozman • Kōichi Satō (actor) • Lucia Bronzetti • Melvil Dewey • Patrick Flueger • Paul Hardcastle • Stephanie Morgenstern • Summer Phoenix • Susan Dey • Trésor Mputu • Yasmin Alibhai-Brown • Yuri Temirkanov

Born in the same month (December 1956): December 14 • Dominic Lawson • Guy Babylon • Ingus Baušķenieks • Jane Lighting • Michele Alboreto • Sheryl Lee Ralph • Suzy Bogguss • Sylvia (singer) • Totka Petrova