Richard Ieyoub Explained

Richard Ieyoub
Office:42nd Attorney General of Louisiana
Governor:Edwin Edwards
Mike Foster
Term Start:January 13, 1992
Term End:January 12, 2004
Predecessor:Billy Guste
Successor:Charles Foti
Birth Name:Richard Phillip Ieyoub
Birth Date:11 August 1944
Birth Place:Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.
Death Place:Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Caprice Brown
Children:7
Education:McNeese State University (BA)
Louisiana State University (JD)

Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Sr. (; 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]

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.[4] He died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on April 10, 2023, at the age of 78, from complications of surgery for a ruptured aneurysm.[5] [1]

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  1. News: Ieyoub, 3-term Louisiana attorney general, dies at 78 . . April 10, 2023. April 10, 2023.
  2. News: McNeese Receives Donation from Ieyoub Family. McNeese Public Relations. 2021-12-17.
  3. Web site: Richard Ieyoub to be inducted into La.'s Political Museum Hall of Fame.
  4. News: Ieyoub, 3-term Louisiana attorney general, dies at 78 . . April 10, 2023. April 10, 2023.
  5. Web site: Former La. Attorney General Richard Ieyoub dead at 78 . WBRZ . April 10, 2023.