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Satveer Singh Chaudhary (born June 12, 1969) is an American politician and a former member of the Minnesota State Senate and the Minnesota House of Representatives serving from 1996 to 2010. During his fourteen-year tenure, Chaudhary represented portions of Anoka and Ramsey counties in the northern Minneapolis and St Paul metropolitan area. The Senate District at the time of his departure from politics was known as Senate District 50, but Chaudhary also represented the area in the Minnesota House from 1997-2000 in District 52A; and in the Senate 2001-2002 District 52.〔()〕 He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.〔(Senator Satveer Chaudhary ) - Asian American Bios〕 He was the first Asian American legislator in Minnesota history, for a time the highest ranking political official of South Asian descent and one of the youngest senators in that state.〔(Chaudhary’s Appeal—South Asian Sensibility ) Asianweek - September 15, 2000〕 On August 10, 2010, Chaudhary was defeated by former Minnesota House Member Barbara Goodwin in the Minnesota primary election. He left office on January 4, 2011, when his successor, Goodwin, was sworn in. With Chaudhary's departure, and the 2010 retirements of Senator Mee Moua and Representative Cy Thao, there were no individuals of Asian descent left serving in the Minnesota Legislature.〔()〕 ==Early life and career== Chaudhary was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1969 to Hindu Jat parents from Utter Pradesh and Haryana,〔(NRI News -Satveer Chaudhary ) - NRI Politicians〕 India. Chaudhary's parents immigrated from India in 1966. His father, Dr. S.P.S. Chaudhary, is a retired inspector with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. According to an early interview from Chaudhary's legislative career, the story of how he got that job became a frequently told story in the family. "My dad was a Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota and, being a new immigrant, was having a hard time finding a job," Chaudhary said. "He decided to utilize the American system and write to his U.S. senator. Hubert Humphrey called him back and said that there was no reason why my dad, if he was a qualified veterinarian, shouldn't work for the USDA." 〔http://www.leg.mn/archive/LegDB/Articles/10096SessWeeklyProfile.pdf〕 Chaudhary's mother, Raj Mohini Chaudhary, first worked as a research assistant at the University of Minnesota, then owned an import firm,〔 and finally, went on to establish a family wellness foundation for the South Asian community SEWA-AIFW.〔()〕 "I definitely get my business sense and political savvy from her," Chaudhary has stated publicly on several occasions. "Both of my parents taught us to never forget how we began." 〔 His parents moved to the suburbs of Minneapolis in 1976 and Chaudhary spent the remainder of his youth in Fridley, Minnesota. He attended Columbia Heights High School, where Chaudhary claimed a government teacher, Jack Gause, first got him involved in state politics. "I've been pretty much a political animal since high school. The first campaign I ever worked on was for Rep. Alice Johnson in 1986 (his junior year of high school). It was a great honor to co-sponsor () HFI with her 10 years later." 〔 After graduation from Columbia Heights High School in 1987, Chaudhary went on to receive his B.A. from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota in Political Science. As an undergraduate, he was in the student senate and lobbied for the state student coalition.〔 While an undergraduate student he also attended Manchester College, Oxford University in England where he studied British and American foreign policy.〔 Upon his return to the United States in 1991, Chaudhary graduated from St. Olaf and then served as a staff member in the Congressional Offices of Senator Edward Kennedy working in the area of foreign policy. In 1992, Chaudhary took a year off from academics to work on the Tom Harkin presidential campaign and Gerry Sikorski's last 6th Congressional District race. Both candidates lost, but " that experience provided some important political lessons," Chaudhary said.〔 After his time in Washington, DC Chaudhary continued his studies in law at the University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota. While a law student, Chaudhary was a law clerk for the Honorable Judge John Stanoch, Fourth Judicial District, Minnesota, a law clerk at the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office in Minneapolis MN, and acted as Special Assistant to Attorney General Hubert H. Humphrey III in Saint Paul, MN.〔()〕 He also received the Governor’s Certificate of Commendation for his work with the Legal Aid Society in Minneapolis and was an author for the Journal of Global Trade, University of Minnesota Law School. Chaudhary graduated from law school in 1995 receiving his Juris Doctorate.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Satveer Chaudhary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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