1. Home
  2. Appointees
  3. Rick Perry

Rick Perry

Secretary of Energy · 2017

Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy. James Richard Perry (born March 4, 1950) is an American politician who served as the 14th United States secretary of energy from 2017 to 2019. He previously served as the 47th governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015 and ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in the 2012 and 2016 elections.

Positions

  • Secretary of Energy2017-03-02–2019-12-01

Biography

James Richard Perry (born March 4, 1950) is an American politician who served as the 14th United States secretary of energy from 2017 to 2019. He previously served as the 47th governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015 and ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in the 2012 and 2016 elections.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More

From Senate roll call votes, Wikidata, Wikipedia and Office of Government Ethics records.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “Rick Perry: Secretary of Energy,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/appointee/wQ215057/rick-perry (accessed 2026-10-13).