Raymond Geoffrey Hassall (1943 – 12 March 2017), known as Ray, was a British politician Hassall served in local government in Birmingham, England representing Perry Barr ward for the Liberal Democrats party, and being Birmingham City Council's cabinet member for leisure, sport and culture from 2006 to 2009, and as Lord Mayor of the city in the year May 2015 to May 2016.

[1] Hassall was born at Hallam Hospital in West Bromwich[2] in 1943, before his family moved to nearby Great Barr.

He returned three years later and joined the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals,[3][4] from which he was demobbed in 1966.

Notably, Hassall served as Lord Mayor of the city of Birmingham in the year May 2015 to May 2016.

[1] He died unexpectedly, on 12 March 2017, age 74, at his home in the city's Erdington district, while serving as Deputy Lord Mayor of Birmingham.