What is Rick Perry?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Rick Perry |image = Rick Perry official portrait.jpg |office = 14th [[United States Secretary of Energy]] |president = [[Donald Trump]] |deputy = Dan Brouillette |term_start = March 2, 2017 |term_end = December 1, 2019 |predecessor = [[Ernest Moniz]] |successor = [[Dan Brouillette]] |order1 = [[List of Governors of Texas|47th]] [[Governor of Texas]] |lieutenant1 = [[Bill Ratliff]]<br>[[David Dewhurst]] |term_start1 = December 21, 2000 |term_end1 = January 20, 2015 |predecessor1 = [[George W. Bush]] |successor1 = [[Greg Abbott]] |office2 = [[List of lieutenant governors of Texas|39th]] [[Lieutenant Governor of Texas]] |governor2 = George W. Bush |term_start2 = January 19, 1999 |term_end2 = December 21, 2000 |predecessor2 = [[Bob Bullock]] |successor2 = [[Bill Ratliff]] |office3 = 9th [[Texas Department of Agriculture|Agriculture Commissioner of Texas]] |governor3 = [[Ann Richards]]<br>[[George W. Bush]] |term_start3 = January 15, 1991 |term_end3 = January 19, 1999 |predecessor3 = [[Jim Hightower]] |successor3 = [[Susan Combs]] |state_house4 = Texas |district4 = [[Texas House of Representatives, District 64|64th]] |term_start4 = January 8, 1985 |term_end4 = January 8, 1991 |predecessor4 = Joe Hanna |successor4 = John Cook |birth_name = James Richard Perry |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|3|4}} |birth_place = [[Haskell, Texas|Haskell]], [[Texas]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] {{small|(1989–present)}} |otherparty = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] {{small|(Before 1989)}} |spouse = [[Anita Thigpen Perry|Anita Thigpen]] {{small|(m. 1982)}} |children = 2 |education = [[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M University, College Station]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])}} |signature = Rick Perry signature.svg |website = {{url|rickperry.org|Official website}} |allegiance