Janet Nguyen
Janet Nguyen | |
|---|---|
Nguyen in 2014 | |
| Member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from the 1st district | |
| Assumed office December 4, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Do |
| In office March 27, 2007 – December 1, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Lou Correa |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Do |
| Member of the California Senate | |
| In office December 7, 2022 – December 2, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Patricia Bates |
| Succeeded by | Tony Strickland |
| Constituency | 36th district |
| In office December 1, 2014 – December 3, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Lou Correa |
| Succeeded by | Tom Umberg |
| Constituency | 34th district |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 72nd district | |
| In office December 7, 2020 – December 5, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Tyler Diep |
| Succeeded by | Diane Dixon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 1, 1976 Saigon, South Vietnam (now Vietnam) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Tom Bonikowski (m. 2005) |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Education | University of California, Irvine (BA) |
Janet Q. Nguyen (born May 1, 1976) is an American politician serving on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, representing the First District, since December 4, 2024. She previously heldthe same office from 2007 to 2014. A Republican, she served in the California State Senate from 2014 to 2018 and 2022 to 2024 and the California State Assembly from 2020 to 2022.
She is the first Vietnamese-American state senator in the United States and the country's first Vietnamese-American woman state legislator. At the age of 30, she was the youngest person to be elected to the board of supervisors, the first woman to be elected from the First District, and the first Vietnamese-American county supervisor in the United States. Prior to her election to the Board of Supervisors, she served as a Garden Grove City Council Member and at age 28, was the youngest person ever elected to that body, until Kim Nguyen (no relation) was elected at 25 in 2016.