Richard Ieyoub

Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Sr. (/ˈjb/ EYE-yoob; August 11, 1944 – April 10, 2023) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Louisiana. He served as the attorney general of Louisiana from 1992 to 2004. He unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2003.[1]

Richard Ieyoub
42nd Attorney General of Louisiana
In office
January 13, 1992  January 12, 2004
GovernorEdwin Edwards
Mike Foster
Preceded byBilly Guste
Succeeded byCharles Foti
Personal details
Born
Richard Phillip Ieyoub

(1944-08-11)August 11, 1944
Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedApril 10, 2023(2023-04-10) (aged 78)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseCaprice Brown
Children7
Alma materMcNeese State University (BA)
Louisiana State University (JD)

Ieyoub's father, Philip, emigrated from Lebanon to Lake Charles, Louisiana, and his mother, Virginia, was a first-generation Lebanese American.[2]

Ieyoub was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in 2016.[3]

Ieyoub and his wife, Caprice, had seven children.[1] He died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on April 10, 2023, at the age of 78, from complications of surgery for a ruptured aneurysm.[4][1]

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