Sukhee Kang
| Sukhee Kang 강석희 |
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| Mayor of Irvine, California | |
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In office December 9, 2008 – December 11, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Beth Krom |
| Succeeded by | Steven Choi |
| Member of the Irvine City Council | |
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In office December 14, 2004 – December 9, 2008 |
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| Personal details | |
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September 15, 1952 Seoul, South Korea |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Joanne Kang (1977–present) |
| Residence | Irvine, California (Before 2015) Fullerton, California (2015–2016) Irvine, California (2016-Present) |
| Alma mater | Korea University |
| Profession | University Educator/ Small Businessman |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
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| Hangul | 강석희 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gang Seok-hui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kang Sŏk'hŭi |
Sukhee Kang (born September 15, 1952) is a U.S. Democratic Party politician from Orange County, California. From 2008 to 2012, Kang served as mayor of Irvine, California, the first Korean American to serve as mayor of a major American city. On July 6, 2011, he announced his candidacy for the United States Congress, but lost the election to incumbent John Campbell. On April 2015, Sukhee Kang announced he would run for California's 29th State Senate district outside of Irvine. Kang lost the primary with 26.8% of the vote in the top two primary system.
Kang was born at Yeji-dong near Jongno 5-ga in Seoul, South Korea, to merchant parents from the city of Kaesong, in what is now North Korea. He served military draft duty in the Republic of Korea Army from 1973-75 and immigrated to the United States in June 1977 from South Korea after receiving his bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from Korea University in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul. When he was in a college, he joined the English debating club named Seoul PTC (Pine Tree Club) and served as the president from 1971-72. He received an honorary doctoral degree in Business Administration from Dongseo University in Busan, South Korea in March 2011.
He began his professional career at Circuit City as a sales and customer service representative for 15 years (1977–92), then since 1992, volunteered at KASF(Korean American Scholarship Foundation), KACF(Korean American Community Foundation) and the Orange County Branch of Korean American Corporation, serving as the president in KADC(Korean American Democratic Committee).
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