Richard Ieyoub

Richard Ieyoub
Richard Ieyoub
42nd Attorney General of Louisiana
	In office; January 13, 1992 – January 12, 2004
Governor	Edwin Edwards; Mike Foster
Preceded by	Billy Guste
Succeeded by	Charles Foti
Personal details
Born	Richard Phillip Ieyoub; August 11, 1944; Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	April 10, 2023 (aged 78); Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Caprice Brown
Children	7
Education	McNeese State University (BA); Louisiana State University (JD)

Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Sr. (/ˈaɪjuːb/ 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]

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ieyoub, 3-term Louisiana attorney general, dies at 78". Associated Press News. April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^ McNeese Public Relations (2021-12-17). "McNeese Receives Donation from Ieyoub Family".
^ "Richard Ieyoub to be inducted into La.'s Political Museum Hall of Fame".
^ "Former La. Attorney General Richard Ieyoub dead at 78". WBRZ. Retrieved April 10, 2023.

External links

Ieyoub and Jefferson weigh political futures^{[permanent dead link‍]} - 8/18/2005, source unknown
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State Attorney General Actions, the Tobacco Litigation, and the Doctrine of Parens Patriae - Working abstract by Theodore Eisenburg and Richard Ieyoub
Richard Ieyoub envisions NASCAR gold - Capitol Watch, 9/5/03
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Who's Who in America, 2006

Party political offices
Preceded by William J. Guste	Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Louisiana 1991, 1995, 1999	Succeeded by Charles Foti
Legal offices
Preceded by Billy Guste	Attorney General of Louisiana 1992–2004	Succeeded by Charles Foti