Governor Gary Locke

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf politician
gptkbp:assignee U.S._Ambassador_to_China
gptkbp:attendance 2011-08-01
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Asian_Pacific_American_Bar_Association_Trailblazer_Award
gptkb:Asian_American_Political_Leadership_Award
gptkb:Washington_State_Bar_Association_Distinguished_Lawyer_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1950-01-21
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Seattle,_Washington,_USA
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Washington
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Gary_Faye_Locke
gptkbp:hobbies Golf
Reading
Travel
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Governor Gary Locke
gptkbp:influences Asian_American_community
Washington_State_politics
U.S._foreign_relations_with_China
gptkbp:knownFor Public service
gptkbp:language gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese
English
gptkbp:nationality American
Chinese_American
gptkbp:notableEvent First Asian American governor in the continental United States
gptkbp:notableFeature Economic development
Education reform
Environmental protection
Health care reform
Infrastructure investment
Public safety initiatives
Tax reform
Transportation improvements
Job creation initiatives
Social services expansion
gptkbp:occupation lawyer
gptkbp:office Governor_of_Washington
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition Moderate
Progressivism
gptkbp:politicalRole 1994
2014
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Gary_Locke
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Bellevue,_Washington
gptkbp:retired 2014-02-21
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Commerce
gptkb:Washington_State_Senate
gptkb:Washington_State_House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:spouse Monica_Locke
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Christine_Gregoire
gptkbp:termEnd 2005-01-17
gptkbp:termStart 1997-01-13
gptkbp:website www.garylocke.com