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{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Ray Mabus |image = SECNAV-Mabus-OfficialPhoto2-2014.jpg |caption = Official portrait, 2014 |office = 75th [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] |president = [[Barack Obama]] |deputy = [[Robert O. Work]]<br>[[Robert C. Martinage]] (acting)<br>[[Thomas W. Hicks]] (acting)<br>[[Janine A. Davidson]] |term_start = May 19, 2009 |term_end = January 20, 2017 |predecessor = [[Donald C. Winter]] |successor = [[Richard V. Spencer]] |office1 = [[United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia]] |president1 = [[Bill Clinton]] |term_start1 = July 5, 1994 |term_end1 = April 25, 1996 |predecessor1 = [[John Frank Bookout Jr.]] |successor1 = [[Wyche Fowler]] |order2 = 60th [[List of governors of Mississippi|Governor of Mississippi]] |lieutenant2 = [[Brad Dye]] |term_start2 = January 12, 1988 |term_end2 = January 14, 1992 |predecessor2 = [[William Allain]] |successor2 = [[Kirk Fordice]] |office3 = 37th [[State Auditor of Mississippi|Auditor of Mississippi]] |governor3 = William Allain |term_start3 = January 5, 1984 |term_end3 = January 7, 1988 |predecessor3 = [[Hamp King]] |successor3 = [[Pete Johnson (Mississippi politician)|Pete Johnson]] |birth_name = Raymond Edwin Mabus Jr. |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|10|11}} |birth_place = [[Ackerman, Mississippi]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Julie Hines|1987|2000|reason=div.}} * {{marriage|Lynne Horecky|2007}} }} |children = 3 |relatives = [[Brandon Presley]] (cousin-in-law)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wcbi.com/campaign-conversations-brandon-presley-talks-politics-family-and-more/|title= Campaign conversations: Brandon Presley talks politics, family, and more|date=October 31, 2023|access-date=November 24, 2023|website=WCBI.com|last=Martin|first=Allie|language=en}}</ref><ref name="ABC 2023-01-12">{{cite news |author=Emily Wagster Pettus |agency=Associated Press |date=January 12, 2023 |title=Democrat Brandon Presley joins race for Mississippi governor |publisher=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/democrat-brandon-presley-joins-race-mississippi-governor-96392075 |access-date=April 17, 2023}}</ref> |education = [[University of Mississippi]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>{{nowrap|[[Johns Hopkins University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])}}<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) |allegiance = United States |branch = [[United States Navy]] |rank = [[Lieutenant (junior grade)]] |serviceyears = 1970β1972 |module = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus Testifies on the FY2013 Navy Budget.ogg|title=Ray Mabus's voice|type=speech|description=Ray Mabus testifies before the [[Senate Armed Services Committee]] on the FY2013 Navy and Marine Corps budget<br />Recorded March 15, 2012}} }} '''Raymond Edwin Mabus Jr.''' ({{IPAc-en|m|eΙͺ|b|Ι|s}}; born October 11, 1948) is an American politician and lawyer. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], he served as the 75th [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] from 2009 to 2017. Mabus previously served as the [[State auditor of Mississippi]] from 1984 to 1988, as the 60th [[List of governors of Mississippi|governor of Mississippi]] from 1988 to 1992, and as the [[United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia]] from 1994 to 1996.
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