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Raymond W. Kelly

Raymond Kelly
Ray Kelly US Commissioner of Customs.jpg
Police Commissioner of New York City
In office
January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2013
Appointed by Michael Bloomberg
Preceded by Bernie Kerik
Succeeded by Bill Bratton
In office
September 1, 1992 – January 1, 1994
Acting: September 1, 1992 – October 16, 1992
Appointed by David Dinkins
Preceded by Lee Brown
Succeeded by Bill Bratton
Commissioner of the United States Customs Service
In office
1998–2001
President Bill Clinton
Preceded by George Weise
Succeeded by Robert Bonner
Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
In office
1996–1998
President Bill Clinton
Preceded by Ronald Noble
Succeeded by Jim Johnson
Personal details
Born Raymond Walter Kelly
(1941-09-04) September 4, 1941 (age 75)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party Independent
Spouse(s) Veronica
Children James
Greg
Alma mater Archbishop Molloy High School
Manhattan College
St. John's University, New York
New York University
Harvard University
Religion Roman Catholicism
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Marine Corps
Rank US-O6 insignia.svg Colonel
Battles/wars Vietnam War

Raymond Walter "Ray" Kelly (born September 4, 1941) was the longest serving Commissioner in the history of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the first person to hold the post for two non-consecutive tenures. According to its website, Kelly— a lifelong New Yorker—had spent 47 years in the NYPD, serving in 25 different commands and as Police Commissioner from 1992 to 1994 and again from 2002 until 2013. Kelly was the first person to rise from Police Cadet to Police Commissioner, holding all of the department's ranks, except for Three-Star Bureau Chief, Chief of Department, and Deputy Commissioner, having been promoted directly from Two-Star Chief to First Deputy Commissioner in 1990. After his handling of the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, he was mentioned for the first time as a possible candidate for FBI Director. After Kelly turned down the position, Louis Freeh was appointed.

Kelly was a Marine Corps Reserve Colonel, Director of Police under the United Nations Mission in Haiti, and an Interpol Vice President. During the Clinton administration, Kelly served as Treasury Department Under Secretary for Enforcement, as Customs Service Commissioner, and was in the running to become the first United States Ambassador to Vietnam, after President Bill Clinton extended full diplomatic relations to that country in 1995.


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