List of Asian politicians in non-Asian states

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Contents 1 Heads of State 2 Heads of Government 3 Others 4 Asian Politicians of Federal-Level in the Russian Federation

[edit] Heads of State

• Julio César Turbay Ayala, President of Colombia (1978-1982), was of Lebanese descent.
• Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Ortiz, President of Ecuador (1996-1997), is of Lebanese descent.
• Arthur Raymond Chung (鍾亞瑟, Pinyin: Zhōng Yāsè; born 10 January 1918), former president of Guyana from 1970 to 1980. He was the first ethnic Chinese president in a non-Asian country.
• Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori (藤森 謙也) - former President of Peru, an ethnic Japanese.
• Cheddi Berret Jagan, former chief minister (1957-1964) and president (1992-1997) of Guyana, an ethnic Indian.
• Jorge Jamil Mahuad Witt, President of Ecuador (1998-2000), is of German and Lebanese descent.
• Kuniwo Nakamura (中村 國雄), President of Palau, an ethic Japanese.
• Tosiwo Nakayama, President of the Federated States of Micronesia, Japanese father.
• Anote Tong (湯安諾; Pinyin: Tāng Ānnuò), president of Kiribati, Chinese father.
• Carlos Saúl Menem Akil, President of Argentina of Syrian origin

[edit] Heads of Government

• Sir Julius Chan (陳仲民, Pinyin: Chén Zhòngmín), Cantonese-Chinese , former Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea.
• Yuriy Ivanovych Yekhanurov (Ukrainian: Юрій Іванович Єхануров), former Prime Minister of Ukraine, an ethnic Buryat.

[edit] Others

• Peter Aduja, first Filipino American elected to public office in the United States.
• Edward Spencer Abraham, US Secretary of Energy (2001-), is of Lebanese descent.
• Anthony Alexander Alam, Australian political leader, member of the Australian Labor Party, is of Lebanese descent.
• George Ryoichi Ariyoshi (Japanese: 有吉 良一), third Governor of Hawaiʻi, first Asian American to be elected governor of a state of the United States.
• Marie Roslyn, Lady Shehadie, Governor of New South Wales, Australia (2001-), is of Lebanese descent.
• Ibrahim Baylan, Swedish Social Democratic politician and Minister for Schools in the Swedish government 2004-2006. Born in southeastern Turkey, to Syriac-Assyrian parents.
• Robert Bunda, first Filipino American to attain the presidency of any state legislature in the United States.
• Benjamin Jerome "Ben" Cayetano, first Filipino American to serve as a state governor in the United States.
• Elaine Lan Chao (趙小蘭; Pinyin: Zhào Xiǎolán; Wade-Giles: Chao Hsiao-lan), first Chinese American American Secretary of Labor.
• Viet D. Dinh (Vietnamese: Đinh Đồng Việt Phụng), former Assistant Attorney General of the United States under the presidency of George W. Bush. He was the chief architect of the USA PATRIOT Act.
• Hiram Leong Fong (鄺友良; Pinyin: Kuàng Yǒuliáng; formally Yau Leong Fong), first Chinese American United States Senator.
• Chang-jun "Jay" Kim (김창준), first Korean American elected to the United States Congress.
• [Harry Kim (politician)|Harry Kim], the mayor of Hawaii County, first Korean American mayor elected in the United States.
• Gary Faye Locke (駱家輝; pingyin: Luò Jiāhuī), former Chinese-American governor of Washington.
• Norman Yoshio Mineta (Japanese: 峰田 児玉), United States Secretary of Transportation, the only Democratic Cabinet Secretary in the Republican George W. Bush Administration.
• Mee Moua, a Hmong American politician and member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.
• Michiaki Nagatani Morishita, MNR politician and 2005 presidential candidate in Bolivia, is of Japanese descent.
• Sang Minh Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Minh Sang), an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 1996, representing Melbourne West Province.
• Vivienne Poy (née 利德蕙; Cantonese Yale: Ley6 Dak1-way6; Mandarin Pinyin: Lì Déhuì), first Canadian senator of Asian ancestry.
• Julio T. Salem, Ecuadorian leader of the 1944 Revolution.
• Donna Edna Shalala, US Secretary of Health (1993-2001), is of Lebanese descent.
• Van Thai Tran (Vietnamese: Trần Thái Văn), Republican member of the California State Assembly, representing portions of Orange County.
• David Wu (吳振偉; Pinyin: Wú Zhènwěi), a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Oregon.
• Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (Hindi: पीयूष " बॉबी " जिंदल), former U.S. Congressman and current Governor of US state of Louisiana. Indian American.
• Dalip Singh Saund, first Indian-American US congressman.
• Hieu Van Le (Lê Văn Hiếu), Lieutenant Governor of South Australia, is a Vietnamese descent.
• Mina Nguyen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Business affairs by United States Department of the Hank Paulson.
• Hubert Vo, member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 149, first Vietnamese American to be elected to the Texas legislature.

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[edit] Asian Politicians of Federal-Level in the Russian Federation

• Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov (Russian: Кирса́н Никола́евич Илюмжи́нов), the President of the Republic of Kalmykia of the Russian Federation, is a Kalmyk. He is also the head of the FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation), the preeminent international chess organization, since 1995.
• Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu (Russian: Серге́й Кужуге́тович Шойгу́), is the Minister of State Emergencies of the Russian Federation, is an ethnic Tuvan.