Wilma Chan
| Wilma Chan | |
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| Member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors from District 3 |
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Assumed office 1994 |
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October 5, 1949 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Wellesley College |
| Occupation | politician |
Wilma Chan (born October 5, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, Chinese: 陳煥瑛; pinyin: Chén Huànyīng) is a politician in California serving on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. Chan served as the California State Assembly Majority Leader from 2002–2004; she was the first woman and the first Asian American to hold the position. She also served as Assembly Majority Whip from 2001-2002. Chan is a Democrat. She represented the 16th District, which includes Oakland, Alameda, and Piedmont from 2000 to 2006 before being termed out. In June, Chan lost a Democratic Party primary election for the California State Senate District 9 seat that is now held by Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, who will be termed out in 2008. Chan was a resident of Oakland for more than 20 years; she lives in Alameda. She is the mother of two grown children.
On October 5, 1949, Chan was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Chan holds a BA from Wellesley and a Master's Degree in Education Policy from the Stanford Graduate School of Education.
From the late 60's into the 80's Chan was active in Bay Area far-left radical political movements, as a member of the League of Revolutionary Struggle (LRS), a Maoist organization. For a time, she serced as the Chairperson of the National Asian Struggles Commission within the LRS.
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