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Raymond Kelly
New York City Police Commissioner
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2002
Mayor	Michael Bloomberg
Preceded by	Bernard Kerik
In office 1992–1994
Preceded by	Lee Brown
Succeeded by	William Bratton
Commissioner of Customs for the United States
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	James Johnson
Personal details
Born	(1941-09-04) September 4, 1941 (age 72) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Manhattan College St. John's University, New York New York University Harvard University
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Marine Corps
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Vietnam War

Raymond Walter Kelly (born September 4, 1941) is the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the first person to hold the post for two non-consecutive tenures. A lifelong New Yorker, Kelly has spent 43 years in the NYPD according to its website, serving in 25 different commands and as Police Commissioner from 1992 to 1994 and 2002–present. During his tenure with the NYPD, Kelly held most of the department's ranks, except for the Three-Star Bureau Chief, Chief of Department, or Deputy Commissioner. He was promoted directly from Two-Star Chief to First Deputy Commissioner in 1990.^[1] 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.^[2] After Kelly turned down the position, Louis Freeh was appointed.^[2]
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.^[3]
New York Senator Charles Schumer publicly recommended Kelly to become the next Director of the FBI in March 2011,^[4] and Secretary of Homeland Security in July 2013