Rick Perry
American politician
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| February 2020 | Perry rejoined MCNA Dental's board of directors as chief strategy officer and vice chairman. |
| January 2020 | Perry joined the board of LE GP, the general partner of Energy Transfer. |
| December 1 2019 | Left office as Secretary of Energy. |
| October 17 2019 | Reported to President Trump his intention to resign as Secretary of Energy at the end of the year. |
| May 2019 | Perry attended Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's inauguration and subsequently recommended a supporter as Zelenskyy's energy adviser. |
| November 2017 | Perry controversially suggested that fossil fuels could reduce sexual assault in Africa, drawing criticism from environmental groups. |
| July 2017 | Perry expressed support for Donald Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military, citing economic concerns. |
| June 19 2017 | In a CNBC interview, Perry acknowledged human activity's effect on climate change, suggesting policy discussions about the extent of the impact. |
| April 2017 | Perry ordered a study of the U.S. electric grid with particular consideration to coal power. |
| March 2 2017 | Confirmed by the United States Senate as Secretary of Energy in a 62-37 vote. |
| January 31 2017 | Perry's nomination was approved by a 16–7 vote from the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| 2016 | Perry competed on season 23 of Dancing with the Stars, partnered with professional dancer Emma Slater, and was eliminated in the third week, finishing 12th out of 13 competitors. |
| 2016 | Despite previously being a critic of border wall construction, Perry fully embraced Donald Trump's proposed border wall after Trump won the Republican presidential nomination. |
| December 31 2016 | Perry resigned from the boards of Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Partners according to SEC filings. |
| December 14 2016 | President-elect Trump nominated Rick Perry as Secretary of Energy, despite Perry's previous criticism of the department during his 2012 presidential campaign. |
| May 5 2016 | After Cruz suspended his presidential campaign, Perry endorsed Donald Trump for the presidency. |
| February 2016 | Perry was fully cleared of all charges. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that prosecuting Perry for his veto violated the separation of powers in the Texas Constitution and infringed on his First Amendment rights to freedom of speech. |
| January 25 2016 | Perry endorsed fellow Texan Senator Ted Cruz for the Republican presidential nomination. |
| January 24 2016 | Perry endorsed fellow Texan U.S. Senator Ted Cruz for the presidential nomination. |
| 2015 | Perry condemned the U.S. Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which guaranteed marriage rights to same-sex couples, reaffirming his belief in traditional marriage. |
| 2015 | By the end of Rick Perry's governorship in 2015, Texas saw a record 279 executions during his time in office. |
| September 16 2015 | Rick Perry withdrew from the 2016 Republican presidential race before the second Republican primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, hosted by CNN, effectively ending his campaign. |
| September 11 2015 | Perry suspended his 2016 presidential campaign. |
| August 2015 | Rick Perry participated in the first Republican primary debate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Despite a strong performance with the third-longest talk time, he was overshadowed by Carly Fiorina and was relegated to the undercard debate. |
| August 24 2015 | Perry's Iowa campaign chairman Sam Clovis resigned and subsequently joined Donald Trump's presidential campaign. |
| August 10 2015 | Perry's campaign announced it was unable to pay campaign staff due to lack of fundraising, though over 90% of staff remained with the campaign. |
| July 29 2015 | Perry delivered a second policy speech at the Yale Club in New York, calling for reforms on Wall Street. |
| July 21 2015 | During a campaign event in South Carolina, Donald Trump made a derogatory comment about Perry's intelligence, saying he 'put glasses on so people will think he's smart'. |
| July 2 2015 | Perry delivered his first major policy speech at the National Press Club, outlining his economic agenda and critiquing the Republican Party's previous stance on race. The Wall Street Journal praised it as 'the speech of the campaign so far'. |
| June 4 2015 | Rick Perry officially launched his 2016 presidential campaign in Addison, Texas, with the Colt Ford song 'Answer To No One' playing as he took the stage and announced his candidacy. |
| June 4 2015 | Rick Perry officially launched his second consecutive presidential campaign for the Republican nomination. |
| February 2015 | Rick Perry announced he would join the board of directors of Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Partners, two major Dallas energy companies. |
| January 20 2015 | Perry retired from the governorship, completing the 10th longest gubernatorial tenure in United States history and becoming the longest-serving Texas Governor. |
| 2014 | Perry announced he would not seek re-election for a fourth full term as Texas Governor, hinting at another presidential campaign. |
| 2014 | Rick Perry received a grade of B from the Cato Institute in their Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors. |
| September 2014 | During a debate, Governor Perry reaffirmed his continuous support for the in-state tuition program for undocumented immigrants. |
| August 15 2014 | Rick Perry was indicted for abuse of power, stemming from his threat to veto funding for state public corruption prosecutors, which could impact his presidential ambitions. |
| July 21 2014 | Perry announced the deployment of 1,000 National Guard troops to the Texas-Mexico border to secure it amid a surge in illegal immigration, criticizing President Obama for not addressing the situation effectively. |
| June 19 2014 | Perry conducted a lunch interview with the Christian Science Monitor, where he criticized the Obama administration's climate change policies, argued against labeling CO2 as a pollutant, and expressed support for the Keystone XL pipeline. |
| June 4 2014 | Rick Perry officially announced his candidacy for president at a press event in Addison Airport near Dallas, Texas. He walked on stage to a Colt Ford song, surrounded by former US Navy SEALs and military veterans, including Marcus Luttrell and Tara Kyle. |
| 2013 | Perry, an Eagle Scout, called on the Boy Scouts to continue their ban on homosexuality. |
| July 8 2013 | Rick Perry announced he would not seek reelection to an unprecedented fourth full four-year term during a press conference in San Antonio, Texas. |
| June 2013 | A University of Texas at Austin–Texas Tribune poll showed Perry leading potential primary challenger Greg Abbott by double digits (45–19%). |
| February 2013 | An earlier poll showed Perry leading Greg Abbott by a 3-to-1 margin (49–17%), a 32-point lead. |
| 2012 | Rick Perry received a grade of C from the Cato Institute in their Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors. |
| January 19 2012 | Perry withdrew from the Republican presidential nomination after poor results in Iowa and New Hampshire. |
| 2011 | During a presidential candidate debate, Perry stated he had 'never struggled' with the possibility of innocence of the 234 inmates executed during his governorship. |
| 2011 | Perry released a campaign ad criticizing the repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell', stating 'there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military'. |
| 2011 | Perry again became chairman of the Republican Governors Association. |
| 2011 | Humberto Leal Garcia was executed for the 1994 rape, torture, and murder of Adria Sauceda. His execution took place amid controversy over the techniques used to determine his guilt and despite a ruling from the International Court of Justice asking the United States to stay the execution. |
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