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Ray Nagin
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Clarence Raymond Joseph Nagin Jr. (born June 11, 1956) is an American former politician who was the 60th Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 2002 to 2010. A Democrat, Nagin became internationally known in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
C. Ray Nagin | |
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![]() Nagin in June 2006 | |
60th Mayor of New Orleans | |
In office May 6, 2002 – May 3, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Marc Morial |
Succeeded by | Mitch Landrieu |
Personal details | |
Born | Clarence Ray Nagin Jr. (1956-06-11) June 11, 1956 (age 68) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Seletha Smith (m. 1982) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Tuskegee University (BS) Tulane University (MBA) |
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Nagin was first elected as mayor in March 2002.[1] He was re-elected in 2006 when the election was held with at least two-thirds of New Orleans citizens still displaced after Katrina struck. Term-limited by law, he left office on May 3, 2010.
After leaving office, Nagin founded CRN Initiatives LLC, a firm that focuses on emergency preparedness, green energy product development, publishing, and public speaking. He wrote and self-published Katrina Secrets: Storms after the Storms.[2]
In 2014, Nagin was convicted on twenty of twenty-one charges of wire fraud, bribery, and money laundering related to bribes from city contractors before and after Katrina[3][4][5][6] and was sentenced to ten years in federal prison.[7][8]