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Jimmy Rhee to be appointed to Maryland governor’s Cabinet

December 23, 2014
Jimmy Rhee

Jimmy Rhee

Jimmy Rhee, 58, will be appointed to the post of secretary of the governor’s office of minority affairs this week by Maryland Governor-elect Larry Hogan.

The appointment marks Rhee as the first-ever Korean American to hold the position, according to Hogan spokeswoman Erin Montgomery.

Rhee, whose Korean name is Hyung-mo, immigrated to America in 1971 and attended the University of Maryland before completing an M.B.A. at Johns Hopkins University and graduating from law school at Georgetown University.

He headed a government consulting firm, GTSC, as CEO and was appointed assistant secretary of commerce and trade by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell in 2010.