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Rod Blagojevich〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BLAGOJEVICH, Rod R. – Biographical Information )〕〔()〕 (born December 10, 1956) is a former American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago. He was elected governor in 2002, the first Democrat to win the office since Dan Walker's victory 30 years earlier. In 2009, he became the first Governor of Illinois in history to be impeached and removed from office. In March 2012, Blagojevich began serving a 14-year sentence in federal prison following conviction for corruption including the solicitation of bribes for political appointments, including the 2008 vacant U.S. Senate seat of then-President-Elect Barack Obama, while in public office. ==Early life== Blagojevich was born in Chicago, Illinois, the second of four children. His father, Radislav, was an immigrant steel plant laborer from a village near Kragujevac, Serbia.〔Copley News Service. ''Three Democrats battle for party's nomination for governor''. March 9, 2002.〕 His mother, Mila Govedarica, is a Bosnian Serb originally from Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina (then also a part of Yugoslavia before its dissolution). His parents moved to Chicago in 1947. Blagojevich has a brother, Rob, who worked as a fund-raiser for Blagojevich in his later political career.〔("Burris Defends His Evolving Description of Talks" ) by Monica Davey, ''The New York Times'', Feb. 16, 2009, p. A9 NY edition. Retrieved 2-15-09.〕 Blagojevich spent much of his childhood working odd jobs to help the family pay its bills. He was a shoeshiner and pizza delivery boy before working at a meat packing plant.〔 In order to afford university costs, Blagojevich worked for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System as a dishwasher.〔 Blagojevich does not have a middle name, but uses the initial "R" in honor of his deceased father.〔(Blog entry by ) Josh Goodman of ''Governing'' magazine.〕 His nickname in the family was "Milorad," which some have mistakenly thought to be his name at birth. Blagojevich graduated from Chicago's Foreman High School after transferring from Lane Technical High School. He played basketball in high school and participated in two fights after training as a Golden Gloves boxer. After graduation, he enrolled at the University of Tampa.〔(Profile on the website ) of biographer Carol Felsenthal.〕 After two years, he transferred to Northwestern University in suburban Evanston, where he graduated in 1979 with a B.A. in history. He earned his J.D. from the Pepperdine University School of Law in 1983. He later said of the experience: "I went to law school at a place called Pepperdine in Malibu, California, overlooking the Pacific Ocean — a lot of surfing and movie stars and all the rest. I barely knew where that law library was."〔 Blagojevich is married to Patricia Mell, the daughter of former Chicago alderman Richard Mell. Blagojevich voted for Ronald Reagan in 1980 and voted for his re-election in 1984. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rod Blagojevich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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