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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.
As Governor of Washington State (the first Chinese American to be elected governor in United States history and the first Asian American governor on the mainland), U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and most recently as America's envoy to China, Gary Locke has been a leader in the areas of education, employment, trade, health care, human rights ...
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Gary Faye Locke (Seattle, Washington; 21 de enero de 1950) es un político y empresario norteamericano, secretario de Comercio de los Estados Unidos entre 2009 y 2011 durante la primera administración de Barack Obama.
Age: 61, born in Seattle. Experience: King County deputy prosecutor, 1976-80; Washington state lawmaker, 1982-93; King County executive, 1994-97; Washington governor, 1997-2005; partner, Davis...
Jun 7, 2020 · Former Gov. Gary Locke — with decades of top experience at the local, state and federal level — will soon lead a much smaller entity: Bellevue College. We check in with him on this unexpected...
Mar 10, 2011 · President Barack Obama's nominee for ambassador to China, Gary Locke, is a safe choice - and in Washington, that can be a good thing.
During his tenure, he achieved bipartisan welfare reform and oversaw the gain of 280,000 private sector jobs, despite two national recessions. Mr. Locke also had the most diverse cabinet in state history. More than half his judicial appointments were women and 25% were people of color.
