Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Sr. (/ˈaɪjuːb/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.[1]
Ieyoub's father, Philip, emigrated from Lebanon to Lake Charles, Louisiana, and his mother, Virginia, was a first-generation Lebanese American.[2]
Ieyoub and his wife, Caprice, had seven children.[1] He died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on April 10, 2023, at the age of 78, from complications of surgery for a ruptured aneurysm.[4][1]