Grace Chu

    

The Honorable Grace Chu Member of Parliament
Picture of Chu in 2009
Shadow Minister of Culture
In office May 4, 2020 – December 1, 2022
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Leader	Nemesis Heartwell (2020) Kenneth O'Conner (2020–present)
Preceded by	Louis Contreras
Succeeded by	TBD
Minister of Culture
In office December 16, 2016 – May 4, 2020
Prime Minister	Preston Bolivar (2016–2017) Nemesis Heartwell (2017–2020)
Preceded by	Naomi Rhee
Succeeded by	Louis Contreras
Member of the K.S. House of Commons for Chino Hills and Corona (Inland Empire's 1st district)
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2010
Kingdom of Sierra Senator from Orange
In office May 9, 1994 – May 26, 2008 Serving with TBD and TBD
Preceded by	Claire Fordham
Succeeded by	Ryan Pimentel
Member of the Orange General Assembly from TBDth district
In office February 28, 1986 – February 10, 1994
Preceded by	Jimmy Estrada
Succeeded by	Charles Trang
Personal details
Born	(1947-04-01) April 1, 1947 St. Anne, Orange, Kingdom of Sierra
Political party	Royalist
Domestic partner	Michael Chu (since 1974)
Alma mater	University of Sierra, Irvine (MA in History)
Religion	Avigonese Catholic

Mary Grace Chu (née Santos; born April 1, 1947) is a Sierran politician and Member of Parliament for Chino Hills and Corona (Inland Empire's 1st district in the House of Commons since 2010. She previously served as a senator from Orange from 1994 to 2008 and as a member of the Orange General Assembly from 1986 to 1994. She served as the Minister of Culture from 2016 to 2020 and served as the Shadow Minister of Culture from 2020 to 2022. A member of the Royalist Party, Chu has previously served in the Senate from 1994 until 2008. Ideologically, she identifies as a moderate conservative and a member of the Red Tory Association.

Born in St. Anne and the daughter of former Orange governor Dominic Santos, Chu is a graduate of the University of Sierra, Irvine. She then became a professor of history and social sciences at the university. She is married to Michael Chu, a well-known lawyer from Huntington Beach. Chu entered politics in 1986 when she elected as the assemblywoman for the Orange's TBDth Assembly District and she won against James Anderson of the Democratic-Republican Party. She would remain in the General Assembly until she resigned her post in 1994 to run in the 1994 Sierran Senate elections. She did not ran again for senate in 2008 and she rest from politics for two years. After switching residency to the neighboring Inland Empire, Chu was elected for the House of Commons in her new district in 2010 and won against Alfred Hernandez of the Democratic-Republican Party. She was appointed as a Minister of Culture under Nemesis Heartwell's cabinet in 2016.

Politically, Chu identifies as a centrist politician. She is in favor of lowering the income taxes of the big and small businesses in the country and she opposes on raising the minimum wage, believing such increases are not enough for the employees' basic necessities. Unlike her partymates, she is in favor of single-payer health care and universal healthcare as she believes that it can help the citizens to have a free healthcare. She supports the reform of social security and pension system. She opposes the fully legalization of abortion because it is only applicable for rape victims, but she supported the use of birth control and contraceptives for women. She is in favor of same-sex marriage and civil unions because she believe that everyone deserves to love regardless of their gender. She opposed the legalization of marijuana and other drugs. She opposed the gun rights believing that it will allow teenagers to use guns and it can also cause the lives of children to be in danger. She wants to preserve the traditional Sierran values through education and media, thus she supports the monarchism of the country. On foreign policy, she supports the Conference of American States and vocal to American unionism. She support the maintenance of strong relations with the United Commonwealth.

Early life and education

Grace Chu was born as Mary Grace Santos on April 1, 1947 in St. Anne, Orange. Her father is Dominic Santos, a well-known politician with Tondolese and Mexican descent, and her mother is Evangeline Yan, a nurse with Tondolese and Chinese descent. His father was the member of House of Commons at that time when she was born. She have a two older half-siblings from her father's first marriage, John Arthur Santos and Anna Carmen Santos. She have a younger sibling from her father's marriage to her mother, Mark Lorenzo Santos. She was raised mostly in Anaheim and during summer vacations, she lived with her maternal aunt in their ancestral home in St. Anne.

She is a skilled polygot and she is fluent in English, Tondolese (her mother tongue), Spanish, Chinese, Cantonese (her husband's native language), Japanese, Korean, French, Portuguese, and Russian. She attended her elementary in Orange Grove Elementary School and she attended her high school in Magnolia High School. She graduated valedictorian in her high school in 1966. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Anaheimm University graduating magna cum laude in 1971.

In 1974, Chu married attorney Michael Chu of Huntington Beach, Orange, whom she had met when she was spending her summer vacation in St. Anne. They had three children, Dominic Arthur, Rachel Evelyn, and Miguel Ignacio.

Personal life

Grace Chu married attorney Micheal Chu on the Santo Niño Church in New Manila, Gold Coast in 1974. Their wedding is very glamorous and royal-inspired. Most of the guests are prominent people across Sierra. Her eldest son, Dominic Arthur is a lawyer and mayor of Newcastle. While her only daughter, Rachel Evelyn is an economics professor in Sierran National University and her youngest son, Miguel Ignacio is a well-known actor who is notable for his works in Shouying Productions International.

Chu is an Avigonese Catholic and a devotee of Santo Niño de Cebu. She is a supporter of the monarch. During her vacant time, she loves to read novels especially in mystery and suspense genres. She published her own autobiography entitled, Destined by God: The Grace Chu Story in 2009.

See also

• Women in the House of Commons of the Kingdom of Sierra