Patricia Blagojevich is the former First Lady of Illinois and the wife of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. From 2003 to January 2009, she served as first lady but after her husband was fired and deposed, she started working as a real estate agent.

In addition, she also appeared on the NBC reality show ‘I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here’ in 2009 after her husband was removed from office as Governor of Illinois. In the show, she performed as a contestant and ended up in fourth place. That same year, after an outcry over alleged taped comments, she was fired from a job raising $100,000 a year. In February 2009, Blagojevich also cited information relating to her husband’s political campaign and his employment as a real estate agent.

PATRICIA BLAGOJEVICH: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, CAREER

She was born on April 9, 1965 as Patricia Mell in Chicago, Illinois, United States. She is the daughter of former Chicago City Councilman Richard Mell and his mother Marge Mell. Rod’s wife has a sister named Deb Mell who served in the Illinois State House of Representatives from 2009 to 2013. Additionally, Deb served on the Chicago City Council from 2013 to 2019.

Regarding her education, she graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor’s degree in economics. It is not known when and how she started her career. But she shot to fame as a first lady after her husband was elected governor of Illinois.

PATRICIA BLAGOJEVICH: PERSONAL LIFE AND HUSBAND

Coming to her personal life, she married former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich as mentioned earlier. They got married in 1990 but they hadn’t provided information about when they first met or their dating history. In addition, they welcomed two daughters: Amy(23) & Annie(16).

Briefly looking at the former politician who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 until his impeachment in 2009. Following this, he was charged with public corruption for which he received a federal prison sentence. Additionally, he launched a politically-themed podcast “The Lightning Rod” on WLS-AM 890 in May 2020.

PATRICIA BLAGOJEVICH: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Talking about his net worth has around $100,000 from his job. While her husband, Rod, the former Governor of Illinois has an estimated net worth of around $100,000.

She has an unverified Instagram account @pblagojevich with over 1,000 followers. On Twitter, she has an unverified @pblagojevich account with over 3.5,000 followers. On Facebook, she also goes through the unverified account under her name with over 2.3,000 followers.

PATRICIA BLAGOJEVICH: BODY MEASUREMENTS

She has an average looking body type who is 5 feet 6 inches or 1.67 meters tall. Other than that, there is no information about his body weight and measurements. She has dark brown hair color and brown eye color.