亚历克西·詹努利亚斯是美国伊利诺伊州的州务卿。他是一个喜欢到处跑的人，他曾经是一名篮球运动员，参加过波士顿大学一级联赛，曾经在希腊做过职业运动员。他和巴拉克·奥巴马相识多年，一起打过篮球。后来他转行成为一名商人。如今他刚当选伊利诺伊州的州务卿，忙于提高政府工作效率。他的角色很重要，州政府有4000多名雇员，年税收收入30亿美元，办理的行政业务从驾照到图书馆的方方面面。

亚历克西·詹努利亚斯说，州务卿这个职位过去25年一直是一个人担任，（译者按：这里是指Jesse White，出生于1934年），我们做事的速度比政府通常的速度要快，而我喜欢雪茄，雪茄帮助我放缓速度。他最喜欢的雪茄是好友蒙特利的美食家2号。

亚历克西·詹努利亚斯说，从本质上说，我是一个不安于现状的人，情绪也容易激动。雪茄帮助我谨慎和耐心。抽茄的一个多小时里，是我不能匆匆忙忙的时间段。

他居住在芝加哥，夏季时候抽雪茄比较多。他除了喜欢心仪的美食家2号，还喜欢大卫杜夫雪茄，他也喜欢尝试新的口味。

“我喜欢尝试新的口味，这是我唯一的缺点。我的梦想，就是有一天可以开一家自己的雪茄吧”他这样说道。

Alexi Giannoulias • Illinois Secretary Of State

Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2

Alexi Giannoulias is a man who likes to move. A former basketball player (division one at Boston University, pro ball for a time in Greece, pickup games with Barack Obama, who he has known for years) and longtime businessman, Giannoulias is now trying to speed up government as the newly elected Illinois Secretary of State. His role is a big one, overseeing a 4,000-employee office with around $3 billion in annual revenues, covering everything from drivers’ licenses to libraries. “This office was held by the same guy for a quarter century,” he says. “We’re moving faster than government normally moves.” Cigars help him slow down.

“By nature, I am a restless, constantly keyed-up person. Cigars are one of the rare instances where I’m coerced to be deliberative and patient. Knowing that I have an hour, or an hour and change where you can’t rush it.” He lives in Chicago, so naturally smokes more in the summer. Along with his beloved Hoyo Epi 2s, he also enjoys Davidoffs and likes to experiment. “I definitely love to try new cigars—I tell people it’s my only vice.” And one day, he might just dive deeper into cigars. “My dream,” he says, “is to one day have a cigar lounge.”