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James Richard "Rick" Perry (born March 4, 1950) is an American politician who served as the 47th Governor of Texas from December 2000 to January 2015. A Republican, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1998 and assumed the governorship in December 2000 when then-governor George W. Bush resigned to become President of the United States. Perry was the longest-serving governor in Texas state history. As a result, he was the only governor in modern Texas history to have appointed at least one person to every eligible state office, board, or commission position (as well as to several elected offices to which the governor can appoint someone to fill an unexpired term, such as six of the nine current members of the Texas Supreme Court). Perry was elected to full gubernatorial terms in 2002, 2006 and 2010 and is the fourth Texas governor (after Allan Shivers, Price Daniel and John Connally) to serve three terms. With a tenure in office of 14 years, 30 days, Perry was, at the time he left office, the second longest-serving current U.S. governor (after Terry Branstad of Iowa). Perry served as chairman of the Republican Governors Association in 2008 and again in 2011. On July 8, 2013, Perry announced that he would not seek re-election to his fourth term in the 2014 election. On August 15, 2014, he was indicted on two felony charges related to his actions as governor. One of the two charges was dismissed in July 2015 as violative of the First Amendment. The other remains pending.〔Svitek, Patrick. ("Indictment Cuts Both Ways as Perry Launches Bid" ), ''The Texas Tribune'' (June 3, 2015).〕〔Morris, Angela. ("Perry Pays Defense Lawyers Another $1.2 million" ), ''Texas Lawyer'' (July 16, 2015).〕 On June 4, 2015, Perry launched his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but after poor performance in polling after the first debate, he suspended his campaign, withdrawing on September 11, 2015, the first in the field to exit. ==Early life== A fifth-generation Texan, Perry grew up in Haskell County in West Texas, to cotton farmers Joseph Ray Perry and the former Amelia June Holt. Perry's ancestry is almost entirely English, dating as far back as the original Thirteen Colonies. His family has been in Texas since before the Texas Revolution.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=rick perry )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Surname Database: Perry Last Name Origin )〕 His father, a Democrat, was a long-time Haskell County commissioner and school board member. Perry has said that his interest in politics probably began in November 1961, when his father took him to the funeral of U.S. Representative Sam Rayburn (D-TX), who during his long public career served as speaker of the Texas House of Representatives for a short time at the age of 29 and then later for 17 years as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Perry was in the Boy Scouts (BSA) and earned the rank of Eagle Scout.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Texas Governor Rick Perry )〕 The BSA has honored Perry with the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Distinguished Eagle Scout Award )〕 Perry graduated from Paint Creek High School in 1968. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rick Perry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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