Rick Perry

Acting

Born March 4, 1950 · Paint Creek, Texas, USA

James Richard Perry is an American politician who served as the 14th United States Secretary of Energy from 2017 to 2019 during the first Trump administration. 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.