March Fong Eu
thumbnailMarch Kong Fong Eu (
Chinese: 江月桂,
pinyin: Jiāng Yuèguì) (born
1922 in
Oakdale, California) is an
American politician of the
Democratic Party. She has earned a
BS in dentistry from the
University of California, Berkeley in 1943, an
M.A. from
Mills College, and a
Ed.D. from
Stanford University in 1954.
In
1966, Eu was elected to the
California Assembly, representing
Oakland and
Castro Valley for four terms. She was elected
California Secretary of State in
1974, the first
Asian American woman ever elected to a state constitutional office in the
United States. Eu was re-elected a record four times.
Eu was appointed U.S.
Ambassador to
Micronesia in
1994. In
2002 she ran again for Secretary of State, but narrowly lost in the Democratic primary to eventual winner
Kevin Shelley.
Her son,
Matt Fong, is a
Republican and was a former
California State Treasurer.
Eu lives in both
Sacramento and
Singapore, she lives with second husband
Henry Eu, a multimillionaire industrialist.
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