- Born
- Birth nameJames Richard Perry
- Nickname
- Governor Goodhair
- Height5′ 11¾″ (1.82 m)
- Rick Perry is an American politician who served as the 14th United States Secretary of Energy from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 47th Governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015, having been elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1998 and later assuming the office from George W. Bush.
Rick Perry ran unsuccessfully for the nomination for President of the United States in 2012 and 2016. President Donald Trump nominated him as Secretary of Energy; he was confirmed by the United States Senate in a 62-37 vote on March 2, 2017. On October 17, 2019, Perry reported to President Trump that he intended to resign as Secretary of Energy at the end of the year. He left office on December 1, 2019.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tango Papa
- SpouseAnita Perry(November 6, 1982 - present) (2 children)
- Republican Governor of Texas (2000-present).
- Was Lieutenant Governor of Texas under George W. Bush, until Bush resigned to become President. In 2006, one of his opponents in the Governor's race is Carol Keeton Strayhorn (aka Carole McClellan, the mother of President Bush's press secretary, Scott McClellan.
- On November 7, 2006, he was re-elected as Governor of Texas, despite, or perhaps because of, four other candidates running against him: former Democratic U.S. Representative Chris Bell, Libertarian James Werner and both Carol Keeton Strayhorn (aka Carole McClellan) and Kinky Friedman running as independents.
- On February 2, 2007, issued an executive order requiring that all girls ages 11-12 be given give vaccine for the human pappilloma virus (HPV), a major cause of cervical cancer, before enrolling in public schools, beginning fall 2008. This makes Texas the first state to require the vaccine, assuming the legislature does not override it.
- Father of daughter Sydney Perry.
- I'm actually for gun control. Both hands.
- [on his faith in God] His agenda is not a political agenda. His agenda is a salvation agenda.
- Freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion.
- [on the law of supply and demand]. You put the supply out there and the demand will follow.
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