Ker Chien-ming
Ker Chien-ming | |||||||||||||
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柯建銘 | |||||||||||||
Ker in 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Minority Leader of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 February 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Speaker | Han Kuo-yu | ||||||||||||
| Secretary General | Rosalia Wu | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | William Tseng | ||||||||||||
| In office 1 February 2002 – 1 February 2016 | |||||||||||||
| Speaker | Wang Jin-pyng | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Shih Ming-teh | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lai Shyh-bao | ||||||||||||
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 February 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Constituency | Proportional Representation №8 | ||||||||||||
| In office 1 February 2016 – 1 February 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Lu Hsueh-chang | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Cheng Cheng-chien | ||||||||||||
| Constituency | Hsinchu City | ||||||||||||
| In office 1 February 2008 – 1 February 2016 | |||||||||||||
| Constituency | Proportional Representation №2 | ||||||||||||
| In office 1 February 1993 – 1 February 2008 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Hsu Wu-sheng | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lu Hsueh-chang | ||||||||||||
| Constituency | Hsinchu's 1st district | ||||||||||||
| Majority Leader of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||||||
| In office 1 February 2016 – 31 January 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Speaker | Su Jia-chyuan Yu Shyi-kun | ||||||||||||
| Secretary General | See list | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Lai Shyh-bao | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Fu Kun-chi | ||||||||||||
| Acting Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party | |||||||||||||
| In office 11 March 2011 – 27 April 2011 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Tsai Ing-wen | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Tsai Ing-wen | ||||||||||||
| In office 11 December 2004 – 15 January 2005 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Chen Shui-bian | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Su Tseng-chang | ||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||
| Born | 8 September 1951 Hsinchu, Taiwan | ||||||||||||
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party | ||||||||||||
| Education | Chung Shan Medical University (BM) National Chiao Tung University (MBA) | ||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 柯建銘 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 柯建铭 | ||||||||||||
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Ker Chien-ming (Chinese: 柯建銘; pinyin: Kē Jiànmíng; Wade–Giles: Ke1 Chien4-ming2; born 8 September 1951) is a Taiwanese politician and former dentist who serves as minority leader in the Legislative Yuan. From 2016 to February 2024, he was the majority leader, after the Democratic Progressive Party won a majority of seats in the Legislative Yuan for the first time.