Mark George Ricks (July 4, 1924 – September 29, 2016) was an American Republican politician from Idaho.

Ricks' introduction to politics occurred in the late 1940s and early 1950s when he served as a Republican Precinct Committeeman.

[1] He did not run, due to his time-consuming calling in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as stake president.

This period also marks the beginning of the friendship and collaboration between Ricks and Jim Risch, then Senate Majority Leader.

[7] Ricks was appointed lieutenant governor by Governor Jim Risch to fill a vacancy caused by Risch's succession to the governorship in May 2006 Ricks presided over Idaho's 27th Special Session, which dealt with the Idaho Property Tax Relief Act of 2006.

[13] Ricks served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Northern California in the late 1940s.

[14] Ricks was a bishop, a stake president (during the 1976 Teton Dam failure and played a key role in local disaster relief efforts),[15][16][17] and regional representative of the Twelve.

In the years we served together in the Idaho Senate, I came to know Mark as a man of great character and a loyal friend.