Mary C. Noble (born 1949 in

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) is the former Secretary of the

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and a former Deputy Chief Justice of the

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. Noble was elected to the court in November 2006 where she represented the 5th Supreme Court District. She defeated appointed Justice

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. Prior to that election, she served as a circuit judge in Fayette County. Chief Justice John D. Minton, Jr. named Noble Deputy Chief Justice on September 1, 2010.Justice Mary C. Noble named deputy chief justice of Supreme Court of Kentucky
Prior to her election to the Supreme Court, Noble was elected to the Fayette Fifth Circuit Court in 1991,SUPREME COURT, 5TH DISTRICT; Lexington Herald-Leader; 10-26-06 and she was re-elected in 2000. Noble retired from the bench in 2017. In December 2019, Governor Andy Beshear appointed Noble to the position of Secretary of the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. In this capacity as secretary, she oversees more than 7,000 employees and five major departments, including

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, Criminal Justice Training, Public Advocacy,

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, and the

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. The office also oversees the State Medical Examiner and the Office of Drug Control Policy. Noble received a B.S. in English and sociology from

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in 1971, an M.A. in psychology from Austin Peay State University in 1975 and a J.D. from the

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in 1981.

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