Gary Locke

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gary Locke
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jan 21, 1950(1950-01-21)
Age	74
Birthplace	Washington
Country	United States
Birth City	Washington
Horoscope	Aquarius

Gary Locke Biography

Gary Locke is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 21, 1950 in Washington, Washington, United States. The 21st Governor of Washington from 1997 to 2005 who served in the Obama administration as United States Secretary of Commerce from 2009 to 2011.

He was appointed US Secretary of Commerce by President Barack Obama .

Gary Locke was born on January 21, 1950, in Seattle, and spent his early years living in the Yesler Terrace public housing project. A third-generation Chinese American with paternal ancestry from Jilong village, Taishan, Guangdong, China, Locke is the second of five children of James Locke, who served as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Fifth Armored Division during World War II. His wife, Julie, is from Hong Kong, which at that time was a British Crown Colony. His paternal grandfather left China in the 1890s and moved to the United States, where he worked as a houseboy in Olympia, Washington, in exchange for English lessons. Locke did not learn to speak English until he was five years old and entered kindergarten.

Gary Faye Locke (born January 21, 1950) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 10th United States ambassador to China (2011–14). He was previously the 21st governor of Washington (1997–2005) and served in the Obama administration as United States Secretary of Commerce (2009–11). Locke is the first governor in the continental United States of East Asian descent and the only Chinese American ever to have served as a governor of any state. He was also the first Chinese American to serve as the U.S. ambassador to China.

He had three children with his wife Mona Lee, who he married in 1994.

Gary Locke Net Worth

Gary Locke is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gary Locke 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He got his law degree from the Boston University School of Law in 1975.

He was the first Chinese American ever to serve as a Governor, and in 2011 he became the first Chinese American to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to China.

“I think our native cultures have emphasized respect for our elders, care of our elders, but also focusing on education. But my overall response is that Asian Americans are part and parcel of the great success of America. Our grandparents came over in the 1800s to work in the railroads, work the lumber camps, goldmines, worked in the canneries, farmland that most people thought could never raise a crop, worked as merchants in cities that were just emerging. They fought in world wars, died for our freedoms and our liberties. Asian Americans have given our blood, sweat and tears to the communities and to this country. There’s a prosperity that we on the west coast enjoy. So much of the prosperity and progress of the western states is because of the blood, sweat and tears of Asian Americans. From doing the dirty work to fighting in our world wars and contributing to our society now as doctors, researchers, people in high tech, as innovators, in all different professions. We have every right, indeed a responsibility, to help set the policies that will move our communities and our nation forward.”

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Who is Gary Locke Dating?

According to our records, Gary Locke married to Mona Lee Locke. As of December 1, 2023, Gary Locke’s is not dating anyone.

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Lee’s parents immigrated to the United States from Taiwan, and their ancestral roots in Mainland China include Shanghai (paternal) and Hubei (maternal). Mona Lee’s father Larry has a half-sister Nora Sun, daughter of Sun Fo and granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China. The Lockes have three children: Emily Nicole (b. March 1997), Dylan James (b. March 1999), and Madeline Lee (b. November 2004).

Facts & Trivia

Gary Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Gary Locke celebrates birthday on January 21 of every year.

Locke faced criticism from fellow Democrats for embracing the Republican Party’s “no-new-taxes” approach to Washington’s budget woes during and after the 2001 economic turmoil. Among his spending-reduction proposals were laying off thousands of state employees; reducing health coverage; freezing most state employees’ pay; and cutting funding for nursing homes and programs for the developmentally disabled. In his final budget, Locke suspended two voter- passed school initiatives and cut state education funding. Supported by the state’s political left, former Washington Supreme Court Justice Phil Talmadge announced his plans to challenge Locke in the 2004 Democratic primary, but Talmadge ended his campaign early for health reasons; Locke won reelection in 2000.

What did Gary Locke do?

Seattle, Washington, U.S. Locke is the first Chinese-American governor as well as the first Asian American governor in the continental United States. He was also the first Chinese American to serve as U.S. ambassador to China.

Who was the first Chinese American governor of the United States?

Gary Locke was elected Washington’s 21st governor on Nov. 5, 1996, making him the first Chinese-American governor in U.S. history.

How old is Gary Locke?

72 years (January 21, 1950)

Who was Obama's ambassador to China?

On August 7, 2009, the Senate unanimously confirmed Huntsman and he formally resigned as governor of Utah and was sworn in as ambassador to China on August 11, 2009.

Who is Gary Locke married to?

Mona Lee Locke