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Gary Locke
Official portrait, 2009
President of Bellevue College
Acting
In office June 15, 2020 – July 1, 2023
Preceded by
Jerry Weber
Succeeded by
David May
10th United States Ambassador to China
In office August 16, 2011 – March 1, 2014
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
Jon Huntsman Jr.
Succeeded by
Max Baucus
36th United States Secretary of Commerce
In office March 26, 2009 – August 1, 2011
President
Barack Obama
Deputy
Dennis Hightower Rebecca Blank (acting)
Preceded by
Carlos Gutierrez
Succeeded by
John Bryson
21st Governor of Washington
In office January 15, 1997 – January 12, 2005
Lieutenant
Brad Owen
Preceded by
Mike Lowry
Succeeded by
Christine Gregoire
5th King County Executive
In office January 3, 1994 – January 15, 1997
Preceded by
Tim Hill
Succeeded by
Ron Sims
Member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 37th district
In office January 10, 1983 – January 3, 1994
Preceded by
Peggy Maxie
Succeeded by
Vivian Caver
Personal details
Born
Gary Faye Locke
(1950-01-21) January 21, 1950 (age 74) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Mona Lee
(m. 1994; div. 2015)
Children
3
Education
Yale University (BA) Boston University (JD)
Gary Locke's voice
Gary Locke speaks on World Trade Week Recorded May 19, 2009
Gary Locke
Traditional Chinese
駱家輝
Simplified Chinese
骆家辉
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Luò Jiāhuī
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Lok Gāfāi
Jyutping
Lok3 Gaa1 fai1
Gary Faye Locke (born January 21, 1950) is an American politician, attorney, and former diplomat from the state of Washington. Locke served as the 21st governor of Washington from 1997 to 2005, where he was the first Chinese-American governor as well as the first Asian American governor in the continental U.S. During the Obama administration, Locke served as Secretary of Commerce from 2009 to 2011, and as Ambassador to China from 2011 to 2014, the first Chinese American to serve in the role.[1]
First elected to the Washington House of Representatives in 1982, Locke went on to become King County executive in 1993 before being elected governor in the 1996 election. A former prosecutor by profession, Locke staked out a reputation as a moderate Democrat during his tenure.[2][3] Reelected in the 2000 gubernatorial election, Locke was chosen by national Democrats to give the party's response to president George W. Bush's 2003 State of the Union address.[4] Locke declined to run for reelection in 2004.[5]
From June 2020 until July 2023, Locke served as interim president of Bellevue College, the largest of the institutions that make up the Washington Community and Technical Colleges system.[6]
^Gilbert Cruz (February 25, 2009). "Commerce Secretary: Gary Locke". Time. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
^Liu, Eric (August 24, 1997). "Locke Step". Washington Post. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^Egan, Timothy (October 22, 1996). "Battle in Washington Brings Soul-Searching". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^Egan, Timothy (January 27, 2003). "Democrats Turn to Governor for Their State of the Union Response". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^"The Wanted: Who Might Fill a Kerry Cabinet". Roll Call. July 23, 2004. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
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