In office January 2, 1995 (1995-01-02) – January 4, 1999 (1999-01-04)
Governor
Pete Wilson
Preceded by
Kathleen Brown
Succeeded by
Phil Angelides
Personal details
Born
Matthew Kipling Fong
(1953-11-20)November 20, 1953 Alameda, California, U.S.
Died
June 1, 2011(2011-06-01) (aged 57) Pasadena, California, U.S.
Resting place
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Paula Fong
Children
2
Education
United States Air Force Academy (BS) Pepperdine University (MBA) Southwestern Law School (JD)
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Air Force
Years of service
1975–1990
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
鄺傑靈
Simplified Chinese
邝杰灵
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Kuàng Jiélíng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Kwong3 Git6 Ling4
Matthew Kipling Fong (November 20, 1953 – June 1, 2011)[1] was an American Republican politician who served as the 30th California State Treasurer. He was a government appointee, finance industry director, and consultant after retiring from the Air Force Reserve. As of 2024, Fong is the last Republican to serve as California State Treasurer to date.
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Retrieved December 12, 2008. Fong, Matt. "California Crisis a Golden Opportunity for Voters." Sacramento Bee, March 22, 1992. Fong, Matt. "Unfair Taxes Are Hurting...
serve as Secretary of State of California. She is the adoptive mother of MattFong, a Republican who served one term as treasurer of California. Eu was born...
Michael Fong (1938–1995) Heather Fong (born 1956) Ivan K. Fong (born 1961) JJ Fong (born 1985 or 1986) Katrina Fong Lim (born 1961) Larry Fong Leo Fong (1928-2022)...
defeating Republican MattFong. Barbara Boxer, incumbent U.S. Senator John Pinkerton John M. Brown, businessman Linh Dao, activist MattFong, State Treasurer...
January 2, 1995 Governor Pete Wilson Preceded by Thomas Hayes Succeeded by MattFong Personal details Born Kathleen Lynn Brown (1945-09-25) September 25, 1945...
running against California State Treasurer MattFong, Congressman Frank Riggs, and three others. Fong's campaign raised $3 million from contributions...
California State Assembly (1994–2000), California State Senate (2003–present) MattFong – California State Treasurer (1995–99) Jim Gibbons – 28th Governor of...
the race was predicted[by whom?] to be fairly close, Boxer still defeated Fong by a ten-point margin. Boxer as expected did very well in Los Angeles County...
first ran for State Treasurer in 1994, losing in the general election to MattFong. He served as Co-Chair of the Sacramento Mayor's Commission on Education...
significant opponent. Several prominent Republicans, such as Bill Jones, MattFong, and others, declined to run, and a previously announced challenger, businessman...
Republican to serve as State treasurer is MattFong who was elected in 1994 and served until January 1999. Fong chose not to run for re-election to a second...
state's open primary system. The nomination was won by State Treasurer MattFong, who went on to lose the general election to Barbara Boxer, seeking her...
Leo Fong (Chinese: 馮天倫; 23 November 1928 – 18 February 2022) was a Chinese-American martial artist, actor, boxer, and Methodist minister who had been making...
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joined by officials in other states, such as California’s State treasurer MattFong, who in 1998 stopped all investments and deposits from California’s state...
Minister of Papua New Guinea of An Nan Jiang Chao village in Doushan. MattFong (A.K.A. Matt Kwong) (1953–2011) – former Treasurer of the State of California...
Len Kabasinski's 2022 action film Pact of Vengeance which also stars Leo Fong but ultimately did not appear. He resides in Calabasas, California, with...
original on June 1, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2020. Gaetz, Matt [@RepMattGaetz] (August 26, 2020). "Rep. Matt Gaetz on Twitter: "The mob wants to destroy America...
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Boxer won a second term, beating sitting California State Treasurer MattFong by 10.1% of the vote. In 2004, after facing no primary opposition, Boxer...
000 to the DNC and $100,000 to Republican California State Treasurer MattFong. Fong returned the money in April 1997. Sieong sat with Bill Clinton or Al...
Thomas W. Hayes 1989–1991 Republican Kathleen Brown 1991–1995 Democratic MattFong 1995–1999 Republican Phil Angelides 1999–2007 Democratic Bill Lockyer...
pursue acting. Chen's breakout role was as real-life Rolling Stone editor Ben Fong-Torres in the 2000 Cameron Crowe film Almost Famous. He has appeared in several...
Anita Mui Yim-fong (Chinese: 梅艷芳; 10 October 1963 – 30 December 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actress who made major contributions to the Cantopop music...
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