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Kay Ivey
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Governor of Alabama since 2017
Key facts
- Lieutenant
- Will Ainsworth
- Preceded by
- Robert J. Bentley
- Governor
- Robert J. Bentley
- Succeeded by
- Will Ainsworth (2019)
- Born
- Kay Ellen Ivey , ( 1944-10-15 ) October 15, 1944 (age 81) , Camden, Alabama , U.S.
- Party
- Democratic (before 2002), Republican (2002–present)
- Spouse s
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- Education
- Auburn University ( BA )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ellen
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Camden
- Occupation
- secondary school teacher
- Educated at
- Auburn University
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Christianity
- Eye colour
- blue
- Official website
- governor.alabama.gov/governor
- Image
- Portrait-Governor-Kay-Ivey (cropped 2).jpg
- Work location
- Montgomery
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- date of birth
- 1944-10-15
- birth name
- Kay Ellen Ivey
- name in native language
- Kay Ivey
- Commons category
- Kay Ivey
- social media followers
- 87120
- P10632
- Kay Ivey
- National Governors Association biography URL
- www.nga.org/governor/kay-ivey
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Encyclopedic overview
Kay Ellen Ivey (/ˈaɪvi/ EYE-vee; born October 15, 1944) is an American politician from Alabama. A member of the Republican Party, Ivey has served since 2017 as the 54th governor of Alabama.
Ivey was the assistant director of the Alabama Development Office from 1982 to 1985. From 1985 to 1998, she worked as director of government affairs and communications for the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. Ivey served from 2003 to 2011 as the 38th Alabama state treasurer and from 2011 to 2017 as the 30th lieutenant governor of Alabama.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kay Ivey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.