Ya Liu
Ya Liu | |||||||
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Official portrait, 2023 | |||||||
| Minority Whip of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |||||||
| Assumed office January 1, 2025 Serving with Gloristine Brown and Amos Quick | |||||||
| Leader | Robert T. Reives, II | ||||||
| Preceded by | Terry M. Brown Jr. Marcia Morey | ||||||
| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 21st district | |||||||
| Assumed office January 1, 2023 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Constituency established | ||||||
| Member of the Cary Town Council from District D | |||||||
| In office December 12, 2019 – January 1, 2023 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Ken George | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Ryan Eades | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | Guangya Liu 1980 or 1981 (age 44–45) | ||||||
| Party | Democratic | ||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||
| Education | Nankai University North Carolina State University (PhD) North Carolina Central University (JD) | ||||||
| Occupation | Attorney & small business owner | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 劉廣亞 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 刘广亚 | ||||||
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Guangya Liu (born 1980-1981; Chinese: 刘广亚) is an American politician currently serving as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing the 21st district (including portions of western Wake County) since 2023. A Democrat, Liu previously served on the Cary Town Council from 2019 to 2023. Liu was disciplined by the NC State Bar in 2021 with a stayed suspension of her legal license for mismanagement of client funds entrusted to her.