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Rick Perry

American politician
Also known as: James Richard Perry
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Rick Perry (born March 4, 1950, Haskell, Texas, U.S.) is an American politician who was the longest-serving governor of Texas (2000–15) and who later was secretary of energy (2017–19) in the administration of U.S. Pres. Donald Trump. Perry sought the Republican nomination for president in 2012 and 2016. Perry was the second of two children born to a West Texas cotton farmer and his wife, a bookkeeper at a local cotton gin. Perry attended Texas...

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