Richard Ieyoub

{{Short description|American lawyer and politician (1944–2023)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = 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 = {{birth date|1944|8|11}}

|birth_place = Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2023|4|10|1944|8|11}}

|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. ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|aɪ|j|uː|b}} {{Respell|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.{{cite news |title=Ieyoub, 3-term Louisiana attorney general, dies at 78 |url=https://apnews.com/article/richard-ieyoub-dies-louisiana-attorney-general-fe76641b2dfe7ceb9e2ee03405b7630e |work=Associated Press News |access-date=April 10, 2023|date = April 10, 2023}}

Ieyoub's father, Philip, emigrated from Lebanon to Lake Charles, Louisiana, and his mother, Virginia, was a first-generation Lebanese American.{{Cite news|url= https://www.mcneese.edu/news/mcneese-receives-donation-from-ieyoub-family/|title = McNeese Receives Donation from Ieyoub Family|author = McNeese Public Relations|date = 2021-12-17}}

Ieyoub was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://louisianarecord.com/stories/510699821-richard-ieyoub-to-be-inducted-into-la-s-political-museum-hall-of-fame|title = Richard Ieyoub to be inducted into La.'s Political Museum Hall of Fame| work=Louisiana Record | last1=Campbell | first1=Rebecca }}

Ieyoub and his wife, Caprice, had seven children.{{cite news |title=Ieyoub, 3-term Louisiana attorney general, dies at 78 |url=https://apnews.com/article/richard-ieyoub-dies-louisiana-attorney-general-fe76641b2dfe7ceb9e2ee03405b7630e |work=Associated Press News |access-date=April 10, 2023|date = April 10, 2023}} He died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on April 10, 2023, at the age of 78, from complications of surgery for a ruptured aneurysm.{{cite web |title=Former La. Attorney General Richard Ieyoub dead at 78 |url=https://www.wbrz.com/news/former-la-attorney-general-richard-ieyoub-dead-at-78/ |website=WBRZ |access-date=April 10, 2023}}