Ted Lieu

What fascinates me about Ted Lieu is the sheer improbability of his trajectory: born in Taipei, he became an air force officer, then a lawyer trained at Georgetown, then a sitting U.S. congressman. That is three distinct lives stacked into one resume, and each demanded a different kind of discipline. I tend to trust people who have lived across that many worlds, because their convictions have usually been tested rather than inherited. He carries his Taiwanese roots openly while serving California, and I read his steady, no-nonsense public presence as the mark of someone who earned his seat the hard way.

Name (English)

Ted Lieu

Name (Japanese)

テッド・リュウ

Reading

てっど・りゅう

Born

March 29, 1969 (age 57)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rooster

Origin

Taipei, Taiwan

Occupation

air force officer / lawyer / politician

High school

Saint Ignatius High School

University

Georgetown University Law Center

• Official sitehttps://www.tedlieu.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/reptedlieu/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20Lieu
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7693450

Tags

• air force officer
• lawyer
• politician

Last updated

2026-06-17

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