Ray Mabus

Raymond Edwin Mabus Jr. (born October 11, 1948) is an American politician and diplomat. He is a member of the Democratic Party. 

Mabus served as the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy from 2009 to 2017. Mabus also served as the State Auditor of Mississippi from 1984 to 1988, as the 60th Governor of Mississippi from 1988 to 1992 and as the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1996.

In 2012, he appeared in the movie Battleship as the Commanding Officer of USS Ronald Reagan.

Other websites
United States Navy bio page
Mississippi Historical Society biography

C-SPAN Q&A interview with Mabus, February 5, 2012

Category:1948 births
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Category:Governors of Mississippi
Category:United States Secretaries of the Navy
Category:Ambassadors of the United States
Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians