Daniel M. Krumrei

Brigadier General Daniel M. Krumrei (born 1956) is adjutant general of the Illinois National Guard. Historically he is the 38th individual to serve as Illinois' adjutant general.

Appointed by Governor Patrick Quinn in 2012, Krumrei was the first chaplain to head any state’s National Guard. Although reared in a religious home, Krumrei delayed obeying the gospel until 1977, and then because of influence by Christians in the Wisconsin Army National Guard, of which at the time he was an enlisted soldier. Krumrei has explicitly stated his positive impressions of the skills of women who serve in military roles.

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Phillips Theological Seminary (from which he received a master of divinity degree), Krumrei is married to Mary Susan Krumrei (born 1957). Immediately before his appointment as adjutant general, Daniel Krumrei was minister of the Parkway Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Springfield, Illinois.