March Fong Eu

March Fong Eu
United States Ambassador to Micronesia
In office May 18, 1994 – July 5, 1996
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Aurelia E. Brazeal
Succeeded by	Cheryl Ann Martin
24th Secretary of State of California
In office January 6, 1975 – May 17, 1994
Governor	Jerry Brown George Deukmejian Pete Wilson
Preceded by	Jerry Brown
Succeeded by	Tony Miller
Member of the California State Assembly from the 15th district
In office January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1974
Preceded by	Nicholas C. Petris
Succeeded by	S. Floyd Mori
Personal details
Born	March Kong (1922-03-29)March 29, 1922 Oakdale, California, U.S.
Died	December 21, 2017(2017-12-21) (aged 95) Irvine, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Chester Fong ​ ​ (m. 1941; div. 1970)​ Henry Eu ​ (m. 1973)​
Children	2, including Matt
Education	University of California, Berkeley (BA) Mills College (M.Ed.) Stanford University (Ed.D.)
Occupation	Dental hygienist
Chinese name
Chinese	余江月桂
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yú Jiāng Yuèguì Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Jyu4 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.