{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Johan Klehs |image = Johan Klehs, 2007.jpg |caption = Klehs in 2007 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|6|27}} |birth_place = Alameda, California, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |office= Member of the California State Assembly |constituency= 14th district |term = December 6, 1982 – November 30, 1992 |preceded= Bill Lockyer |succeeded= Tom Bates |term1 = December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1994 |constituency1= 18th district |preceded1= Delaine Eastin |succeeded1=Michael Sweeney |term2 = December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2006 |preceded2= Ellen Corbett |succeeded2= Mary Hayashi | constituency2 = 18th district |party= Democratic |spouse= |children= |education= }} '''Johan M. Klehs''' is a California state politician from San Leandro. He was born in Alameda, California on June 27, 1952.<ref>{{cite web|title=Johan Klehs|url=http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/5882|website=joincalifornia.com}}</ref> He is a Democrat. Klehs served as a member of the San Leandro, California City Council from 1978 to 1982. He represented California's 14th Assembly District from 1982 until 1992 and the 18th District from 1992 to 1994. He served as a member of the State Board of Equalization from 1994 until 2002 when he was termed out and lost the Democratic primary for State Controller. He served in the Assembly again from 2004 to 2006, again representing the 18th District.
Klehs served as a lecturer of political science and strategic advisor to the Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley.
==Elected offices== {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-ca-hs}} {{succession box |title=California State Assemblyman, 14th District |before=Bill Lockyer |after=Tom Bates |years=1982–1992}} {{succession box |title=California State Assemblyman, 18th District |before=Delaine Eastin |after=Michael Sweeney |years=1992–1994}} {{succession box |title=California State Assemblyman, 18th District |before=Ellen Corbett |after=Mary Hayashi |years=2004–2006}} {{s-end}}
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==External links== *[http://www.polisci.berkeley.edu/Faculty/bio/visiting/Klehs,J/ UC Berkeley Biography]
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