Hung Pham

Hung Pham or Hung Kim Pham (born Phạm Kim Hưng in Saigon on October 2, 1963) is a politician and information expert in Alberta, Canada. He formerly served as a member of Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

Early life

Born and growing up in Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, Hung Pham was one of the boat people leaving the country after Vietnam War. Coming to Canada in 1980 at the age of 16 without English, teenager Hung Pham worked as a part-time janitor to make his living while going to high-school in Calgary.

Education

Hung Pham completed his high-school education in 1982 and subsequently took the computer science university transfer program at Mount Royal College, where he received many awards and scholarships for outstanding academic achievements. Pham then transferred to University of Calgary in 1984 and graduated from the university in 1986 with two Bachelor Degrees with Distinction at the same time (double major): Bachelor of Science with Distinction in Computer Science and Bachelor of Science with Distinction in Pure Mathematics. He went on to take Master program at University of Calgary, specializing in Artificial Intelligence.

Technology Profession

Starting as a prominent Information Analyst with Canalta Data Services in 1988, Hung Pham joined The City of Calgary in 1989 as a Database Technical Analyst. He was promoted by The City of Calgary to be Senior Programmer Analyst in 1991.

Community Activities

As an active member of many non-profit organizations, Hung Pham helped Calgary Police Service with her multicultural and crime prevention programs. He was elected President of Calgary Vietnamese Canadian Association in 1990. At that position, Pham promoted programs to help low income workers. With his well-known speech delivered to the community on 1991 Tết celebration event, Pham publicly declared his programs to help cleaners in Calgary.

Political career

Elected to Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada at the age of 29, Hung Pham was the youngest Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Alberta Legislature at the time. He is also the very first Vietnamese ever elected to a state legislature outside of Vietnam in history.

Re-elected four times later, Hung Pham has held many high-rank positions in Alberta Government. In 2006, he was promoted by Premier Ed Stelmach to be a member of Alberta Treasury Board, the legislative body responsible for all expenditures and budgets of Alberta (Premier Ed Stelmach is also a member of the board).

Since elected on June 15, 1993 (re-elected 1997, 2001 and 2004), Mr. Pham has served on the following boards and committees in Alberta Legislature:

- Member of Alberta Treasury Board

- Chair of the Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Education Fund Advisory Committee

- Chair of the Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund

- Deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Public Affairs

- Vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing Public Accounts

- Standing policy committees on Financial Planning, Jobs and the Economy, Economic Sustainability, Justice and Government Services

- Unified Family Court Committee

- Young Offenders Act Review Committee

- Business Involvement in Education Committee

- Technology Integration in Education Committee

In January, 2008, Hung Pham announced that he wouldn't seek re-election.

External links

* http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=17 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Elected Members Biography