Gary Locke

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Mona Lee
(m. 1994;div. 2015)
Gary Locke
Gary Locke official portrait.jpg
Official portrait, 2009
President of Bellevue College
Acting
In office
June 15, 2020 July 1, 2023
Children3
Education Yale University (BA)
Boston University (JD)
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  2. 1 2 Liu, Eric (August 24, 1997). "Locke Step". Washington Post. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  3. Egan, Timothy (October 22, 1996). "Battle in Washington Brings Soul-Searching". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  4. 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.
  5. 1 2 "The Wanted: Who Might Fill a Kerry Cabinet". Roll Call. July 23, 2004. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  6. 1 2 Cornwell, Paige (May 28, 2020). "Former Gov. Gary Locke named interim president of Bellevue College" . The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  7. "Gary Locke visits his family's ancestral village in China with his sister Rita". Northwest Asian Weekly. November 12, 2011.
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  9. "Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Asian-American and Pacific Islander Month 2010". Commerce News. April 30, 2010. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  10. Bobrowsky, Olivia (January 15, 2011). "Jimmy Locke, father of former Washington governor, dies at 93". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Remarks by President Obama and Commerce Secretary Nominee Gary Locke". whitehouse.gov . February 25, 2009. Retrieved July 12, 2009 via National Archives.
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  13. "Biography of Governor Gary Locke". Who's Who of Asian Americans. Retrieved November 9, 2008.
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  15. 1 2 Sidoti, Liz (February 25, 2009). "Obama selected Locke to run Commerce Department". Yahoo! News . Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
  16. "Democratic Leaders Announce Governor Gary Locke Will Deliver the Democratic Response to State of the Union Address" (Press release). Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. January 15, 2003. Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2009. Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced today that Governor Gary Locke of Washington state will deliver the Democratic response to President Bush's State of the Union address.
  17. 1 2 "Gov. Gary Locke Announces He Will Not Seek a Third Term" (Press release). Washington State Office of the Governor. July 21, 2003. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
  18. 1 2 Paynter, Susan (July 26, 2003). "Threats to Locke's family are a factor in third-term decision". Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Retrieved December 17, 2007.
  19. Ammons, David (October 7, 2007). "Ex-governor Locke named Clinton state co-chair". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved October 17, 2007.
  20. Clinton, Bill (February 4, 1997). "Remarks By The President In State Of The Union Address". The White House. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2009. Gary Locke, the newly elected Governor of Washington State, is the first Chinese American governor in the history of our country. He's the proud son of two of the millions of Asian American immigrants who have strengthened America with their hard work, family values and good citizenship. He represents the future we can all achieve. Thank you, Governor, for being here. Please stand up.
  21. Brown, Matthew Hay (November 1, 2004). "CABINET POSITIONS FACE CHANGES". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  22. "U.S. Senate Confirms Gary Locke as Commerce Secretary". United States Department of Commerce. March 24, 2009. Archived from the original on March 27, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  23. O'Keefe, Ed (March 27, 2009). "Locke Officially Leading Commerce". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on May 27, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  24. "CEOs: Locke Obama's Secret Weapon". Politico.
  25. 1 2 Jiao, Priscilla (May 18, 2012). "Locke calls daily's bluff by declaring his assets". South China Morning Post. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  26. Song, Kyung M. (March 9, 2011). "Obama officially nominates Locke as China envoy". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
  27. "U.S. Senate Periodical Press Gallery". Senate.gov. Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
  28. Nagesh, Gautham (August 1, 2011). "Commerce Secretary Gary Locke resigns to become Ambassador to China". The Hill. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  29. "Gary Locke charms China by carrying own bag". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. August 16, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  30. "New U.S. Ambassador Pledged to Promote Cooperation between U.S. and China". The China Times. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
  31. 外交部要求美方就陈光诚一事向中方道歉 – The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs demands that the US apologizes for the Chen Guangcheng incident Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine (bilingual), Thinking Chinese, May 2012
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  33. Denyer, Simon (November 20, 2013). "U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke to step down, rejoin family in Seattle". Washington Post . Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  34. Herman, Malia Rulon (February 21, 2014). "Max Baucus sworn in as ambassador". Great Falls Tribune . Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  35. "Gary Locke and John Zeng Join AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Board of Directors" (Press release). AMC Theatres. February 17, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  36. Richter, Wolf (June 5, 2021). "AMC Insiders Dumped Huge Portions of their Shares after WTF Spike, AMC Sold Shares, and Wanda is Already Outa There".
  37. "In Re AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, C.A. No. 2023-0215-MTZ (Del. Ch. 2023)". courtlistener.com. August 11, 2023.
  38. "Announcement: PATH welcomes Governor Gary Locke to its board of directors – PATH". www.path.org. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
  39. "Washington Initiative 1000, Affirmative Action and Diversity Commission Measure (2019)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  40. Dovere, Edward-Isaac (April 10, 2020). "Gary Locke Is Mad About That Trump Ad". The Atlantic . Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  41. 1 2 "Bellevue College Selects Gary Locke as Interim President". June 4, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
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  46. Former US Ambassador to China Joins Dorsey as Senior Advisor
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  48. Bjorhus, Jennifer (March 10, 1997). "First baby arrives: Emily Nicole Locke". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  49. Bayang, Ruth (May 12, 2017). "Lockes divorced, remain good friends". Northwest Asian Weekly. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  50. Meng, Angela (November 22, 2013). "Wife of US Ambassador to China Gary Locke denies he had affair". South China Morning Post. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
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  53. Wan, William. "In parting speech, U.S. ambassador urges China to improve human rights record." The Washington Post . February 27, 2014.
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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
Washington House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the Washington House of Representatives
from the 37th district

1983–1994
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Executive of King County
1994–1997
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Washington
1997–2005
Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Secretary of Commerce
2009–2011
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Governor of Washington
1996, 2000
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chair of the Democratic Governors Association
2002–2003
Succeeded by
Preceded by Response to the State of the Union address
2003
Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador to China
2011–2014
Succeeded by
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byas Former US Cabinet Member Order of precedence of the United States
as Former US Cabinet Member
Succeeded byas Former US Cabinet Member