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Michelle Steel
Michelle Eunjoo Steel (née Park, born June 21, 1955) is an American politician and diplomat who is the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea. Steel was nominated to the position on April 13, 2026 and confirmed by a 55–39 vote of the U.S. Senate on June 17, 2026.
She served as the U.S. representative for California's 45th congressional district from 2023 to 2025, previously representing the 48th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. Steel, fellow California Republican Young Kim and Washington Democrat Marilyn Strickland were the first Korean-American women to serve in Congress. A member of the Republican Party, she concurrently served as a member of House minority whip Steve Scalise's Whip Team for the 117th Congress. Steel ran for re-election to a third term in 2024, but she was defeated in the general election by Democratic challenger Derek Tran.
Steel served as the member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from the 2nd district from 2015 to 2021 and of the California State Board of Equalization from the 3rd district from 2007 to 2015.
Steel was born in Seoul, South Korea. Her father was born in Shanghai to Korean expatriate parents. Steel was educated in South Korea, Japan, and the United States. She holds a degree in business from Pepperdine University and an MBA from the University of Southern California. She speaks Korean, Japanese, and English.
Steel has been active in Republican Party politics and served on various commissions in the George W. Bush administration.
Steel was elected to the California State Board of Equalization in 2006 when Republican incumbent Claude Parrish was term limited and ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer. Throughout her tenure, she served as the country's highest-ranking Korean American officeholder, and California's highest-ranking Republican woman. She represented more than eight million people in the 3rd district, which then included all of Imperial, Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties and parts of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.[citation needed] In 2011, she was elected vice chair of the Board of Equalization.
In 2014, Steel was elected to the Orange County Board of Supervisors representing the 2nd district, defeating state assemblyman Allan Mansoor.
In March 2018, Steel was the only elected official to greet President Donald Trump when he landed at LAX on his first official visit to California as president. In 2019, Trump appointed her to the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
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Michelle Steel
Michelle Eunjoo Steel (née Park, born June 21, 1955) is an American politician and diplomat who is the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea. Steel was nominated to the position on April 13, 2026 and confirmed by a 55–39 vote of the U.S. Senate on June 17, 2026.
She served as the U.S. representative for California's 45th congressional district from 2023 to 2025, previously representing the 48th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. Steel, fellow California Republican Young Kim and Washington Democrat Marilyn Strickland were the first Korean-American women to serve in Congress. A member of the Republican Party, she concurrently served as a member of House minority whip Steve Scalise's Whip Team for the 117th Congress. Steel ran for re-election to a third term in 2024, but she was defeated in the general election by Democratic challenger Derek Tran.
Steel served as the member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from the 2nd district from 2015 to 2021 and of the California State Board of Equalization from the 3rd district from 2007 to 2015.
Steel was born in Seoul, South Korea. Her father was born in Shanghai to Korean expatriate parents. Steel was educated in South Korea, Japan, and the United States. She holds a degree in business from Pepperdine University and an MBA from the University of Southern California. She speaks Korean, Japanese, and English.
Steel has been active in Republican Party politics and served on various commissions in the George W. Bush administration.
Steel was elected to the California State Board of Equalization in 2006 when Republican incumbent Claude Parrish was term limited and ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer. Throughout her tenure, she served as the country's highest-ranking Korean American officeholder, and California's highest-ranking Republican woman. She represented more than eight million people in the 3rd district, which then included all of Imperial, Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties and parts of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.[citation needed] In 2011, she was elected vice chair of the Board of Equalization.
In 2014, Steel was elected to the Orange County Board of Supervisors representing the 2nd district, defeating state assemblyman Allan Mansoor.
In March 2018, Steel was the only elected official to greet President Donald Trump when he landed at LAX on his first official visit to California as president. In 2019, Trump appointed her to the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
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