John Lim

John Lim
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
from the 50th district
In office
January 2005 – January 2009
Preceded byLaurie Monnes Anderson
Succeeded byGreg Matthews
Member of the Oregon Senate
from the 11th district
In office
January 1993 – January 2001
Preceded byGlenn Otto
Succeeded byJohn Minnis
Personal details
Born (1935-12-23) December 23, 1935 (age 88)
Yeoju, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (now South Korea)
Political partyRepublican
EducationSeoul Theological University (BA)
George Fox University (MDiv)
John Lim
Hangul
임용근
Hanja
林龍根[1]
Revised RomanizationIm Yonggeun
McCune–ReischauerIm Yonggŭn

John Lim (born December 23, 1935) is a South Korean-born American politician from the state of Oregon. He has served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly and was the Oregon State Senate Majority Leader in 1995. He has unsuccessfully run for the U.S. Senate and for the Republican nomination for Governor of Oregon.

  1. ^ "이민1세 임용근씨 美공화당후보 사실상 확정", Munhwa Ilbo, May 21, 1998, archived from the original on March 2, 2019, retrieved September 30, 2011