| Birth Name: | Alan Ray Ater |
| Office: | Acting Secretary of State of Louisiana |
| Governor: | Kathleen Blanco |
| Term Start: | July 15, 2005 |
| Term End: | November 10, 2006 |
| Preceded: | W. Fox McKeithen |
| Succeeded: | Jay Dardenne |
| Office2: | Louisiana State Representative from Concordia parish |
| Term Start2: | 1983 |
| Term End2: | 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Decatur, Illinois, U.S. |
| Birth Date: | 15 December 1953 |
| Death Place: | Houston Hospice, Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Northwestern State University |
| Party: | Democratic |
Al Ater was an American politician in Louisiana. He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and as Louisiana Secretary of State.
He served in the Louisiana House from 1984 until 1992. He was a Democrat.[1] He was Louisiana's Secretary of State during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.[2] He had a wife Susie and three children.[3]