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Gary Locke

Diplomat · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Gary Locke is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Gary Faye Locke · Gary Locke · Гари Лок · Гері Лок · גארי לוק · 5 more...				[sources]
Alias	Gary Faye Locke · Гари Фей Лок · Гэри Лок · Лок, Гари · Лок, Гари Фей · 1 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Locke · ゲーリー・フェイ・ロック · 駱家輝 · 駱家輝,				[sources]
Birth date	1950-01-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Seattle				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
First name	Gary				[sources]
Last name	Locke				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q350378				[sources]
Position	Former United States Secretary of Commerce · Governor of Washington (1997-2005) · United States Ambassador to China (2011-2014) · United States Secretary of Commerce (2009-2011)				[sources]
Education	Boston University · Boston University School of Law · Franklin High School · Jonathan Edwards College · Yale University				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-08	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-09-28

Descriptions

American politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-09-28

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Mona Lee Locke Close Associate	spouse	1994	2015

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States Ambassador to China	2011-08-01	2014-02-21

Data sources

Iran Sanctions List405

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · MFA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,027

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,134

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata353,705

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ir-san-368b444420c411becd99f52bd1c0c8e223c74357

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