Exhibit 23.3







                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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The Board of Directors
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 33-42980) of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. of our report dated
January 19, 1996, relating to the consolidated statement of condition of First
Midwest Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995, and the related
consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and cash
flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 1995,
which report appears in the December 31, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K of
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.



KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP



Chicago, Illinois
December 11, 1997