Ray Mabus

Ray Mabus
Official portrait, 2014
75th United States Secretary of the Navy
In office May 19, 2009 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Robert O. Work Janine A. Davidson
Preceded by	Donald C. Winter
Succeeded by	Richard V. Spencer
United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
In office July 5, 1994 – April 25, 1996
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	John Frank Bookout Jr.
Succeeded by	Wyche Fowler
60th Governor of Mississippi
In office January 12, 1988 – January 14, 1992
Lieutenant	Brad Dye
Preceded by	William Allain
Succeeded by	Kirk Fordice
37th Auditor of Mississippi
In office January 5, 1984 – January 7, 1988
Governor	William Allain
Preceded by	Hamp King
Succeeded by	Pete Johnson
Personal details
Born	Raymond Edwin Mabus Jr. (1948-10-11) October 11, 1948 (age 75) Ackerman, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Julie Hines ​ ​ (m. 1987; div. 2000)​ Lynne Horecky ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	3
Education	University of Mississippi (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MA) Harvard University (JD)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Navy
Years of service	1970–1972
Rank	Lieutenant (junior grade)
Ray Mabus's voice Ray Mabus testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the FY2013 Navy and Marine Corps budget Recorded March 15, 2012

Raymond Edwin Mabus Jr. (/meɪbəs/; born October 11, 1948) is an American politician and lawyer. A member of the 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 governor of Mississippi from 1988 to 1992, and as the United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1996.