Eugene Kang
American politician (born 1984)
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Eugene Kang (born 1984) was the Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to President Barack Obama.[1]
Eugene Kang | |
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| Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to the President | |
| In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
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| Born | |
| Party | Democratic |
| University of Michigan, Greenhills School | |
Eugene Kang is an Ann Arbor native who attended Greenhills School before enrolling at the University of Michigan. At Michigan, Kang made a 2005 bid for the Ann Arbor City Council.[2] He later worked on Senator Amy Klobuchar's (D-Minn.) 2006 campaign.[3] During Obama's Presidential campaign he worked in the political division.[4] A second-generation Korean American,[5][6] he was also a part of the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders National Leadership Council.
Kang has been described as a "close confidant to President Obama"[7] and has played eleven rounds of golf with the President from the time he took office through 2013.[8]
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