Kay Ivey

Kay Ellen Ivey (born October 15, 1944) is an American politician. She is the 54th and current Governor of Alabama. She is a member of the Republican Party.

Kay Ivey
Ivey in February 2025
54th Governor of Alabama
Incumbent
Assumed office April 10, 2017
Lieutenant	Vacant Will Ainsworth (since 2019)
Preceded by	Robert J. Bentley
30th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
In office January 17, 2011 – April 10, 2017
Governor	Robert Bentley
Preceded by	Jim Folsom
Succeeded by	Will Ainsworth (2019)
38th Treasurer of Alabama
In office January 20, 2003 – January 17, 2011
Governor	Bob Riley
Preceded by	Lucy Baxley
Succeeded by	Young Boozer
Personal details
Born	(1944-10-15) October 15, 1944 (age 81) Camden, Alabama, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Other political affiliations	Democratic (Formerly)
Residence	Governor's Mansion
Education	Auburn University (BA)

Ivey served as the 38th Alabama State Treasurer from 2003 to 2011. She then became the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, serving from January 2011 until Robert J. Bentley's resignation on April 10, 2017 in the aftermath of a sex scandal.^[1] She beat Walter Maddox in the 2018 Alabama gubernatorial election to complete her full term. Ivey is the first woman to be Alabama's governor since Lurleen Wallace, who succeeded her husband George Wallace in 1967.

Ivey was born an only child to Boadman Nettles Ivey and Barbara Ivey.^[2] The family had been in Alabama for many generations, as her ancestor Ann Johnson Nettles Riley was one of several slave owning Nettles in the state.^[3][4]

In September 2019, Ivey was diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer.^[5] She was cancer-free in January 2020.^[6]