Sir Steven Hong, PC, MT, MEC, KRS, KON, KHK, KPC (born Yila Steven Hong, Korean: 홍일아; September 19, 1967–August 12, 2016) was the 22nd Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sierra. Born in Monterey Park, Gold Coast, Hong studied political science at Stanford University and received a doctorate's degree in 1994. From 1996 to 2000, Hong represented the Gold Coast's 12th Senate District as state senator. He was elected as Governor of the Gold Coast in 2004 and tackled on policies ranging from transportation to public services. He ran for Prime Minister in the 2007-08 prime ministerial election on a Democratic-Republican platform and received 56.2% of the popular vote. While running for a third term in the 2016 election, he was fatally shot and wounded by Dylan Coulter during a campaign stop and pa