March Fong Eu

March Fong Eu
United States Ambassador to Micronesia
In office
May 18, 1994 – July 5, 1996
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byAurelia E. Brazeal
Succeeded byCheryl Ann Martin
24th Secretary of State of California
In office
January 6, 1975 – May 17, 1994
GovernorJerry Brown
George Deukmejian
Pete Wilson
Preceded byJerry Brown
Succeeded byTony Miller
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 15th district
In office
January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1974
Preceded byNicholas C. Petris
Succeeded byS. Floyd Mori
Personal details
Born
March Kong

(1922-03-29)March 29, 1922
Oakdale, California, U.S.
DiedDecember 21, 2017(2017-12-21) (aged 95)
Irvine, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
Chester Fong
(m. 1941; div. 1970)
Henry Eu
(m. 1973)
Children2, including Matt
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA)
Mills College (M.Ed.)
Stanford University (Ed.D.)
OccupationDental hygienist
Chinese name
Chinese月桂
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYú Jiāng Yuèguì
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJyu4 Gong1 Jyut6 Gwai3

March Fong Eu (née Kong; March 29, 1922 – December 21, 2017) was an American diplomat and politician who served as the 24th secretary of state of California for five terms from 1975 to 1994. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the California State Assembly from 1967 to 1974 and later as the United States ambassador to Micronesia under Bill Clinton from 1994 to 1996.

The daughter of Chinese immigrants, Eu was the first Asian American woman to hold statewide constitutional office in the United States and was also the first woman to serve as Secretary of State of California. She is the adoptive mother of Matt Fong, a Republican who served one term as treasurer of California.