Ray Vickery | |
Office: | United States Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development |
President: | Bill Clinton |
Term Start: | 1994 |
Term End: | 1998 |
Preceded: | James D. Jameson |
Succeeded: | Michael Copps |
State Delegate1: | Virginia |
District1: | 18th |
Term Start1: | January 9, 1974 |
Term End1: | January 9, 1980 |
Preceded1: | David A. Sutherland |
Succeeded1: | John Buckley |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Name: | Raymond Ezekiel Vickery Jr. |
Birth Date: | 30 April 1942 |
Spouse: | Ann |
Alma Mater: | Duke University (AB) University of Sri Lanka Harvard University (JD) |
Raymond Ezekiel Vickery Jr. (born April 30, 1942) is an American attorney and politician. From 1974 to 1980, he served as a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates.[1] Rather than seek reelection in 1979, he challenged incumbent Charles Waddell for the Democratic nomination in Virginia's 33rd Senate district. In 1992, he unsuccessfully ran for Congress against Frank Wolf.
An expert on India–United States relations, he served as United States Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development under Bill Clinton.[2]