Kuan Bi-ling
Kuan Bi-ling | |
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管碧玲 | |
Official portrait, 2023 | |
| 3rd Minister of the Ocean Affairs Council | |
| Assumed office 31 January 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Chen Chien-jen Cho Jung-tai |
| Preceded by | Chou Mei-wu (acting) Lee Chung-wei |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 2005 – 31 January 2023 | |
| Succeeded by | Lin Yi-shih (Kaohsiung 2) Chung Shao-he (Kaohsiung 1) Lee Kun-tse (Kaohsiung 5) Chen Pei-yu (Party-list) |
| Constituency | Kaohsiung 2 → Kaohsiung 2 → Kaohsiung 5 → Party-list (Democratic Progressive Party) |
| Director General of Bureau of Cultural Affairs | |
| In office 1 January 2003 – 15 September 2004 | |
| Mayor | Frank Hsieh |
| Director General of the Information Bureau | |
| In office 17 April 2000 – 31 December 2002 | |
| Mayor | Frank Hsieh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1956 Fengyuan, Taichung County, Taiwan |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Spouse | Hsu Yang-ming |
| Relatives | Cynthia Wu |
| Education | National Chung Hsing University (LLB, LLM) National Taiwan University (PhD) |
| Profession | Political scientist |
Kuan Bi-ling (Chinese: 管碧玲; pinyin: Guǎn Bìlíng; born 9 December 1956) is a Taiwanese political scientist, lawyer, and politician who is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party. She is the incumbent Minister of Ocean Affairs Council, assumed office under the Chen Chien-jen cabinet in 2023. Serving as a member of the Legislative Yuan between 2005 and 2023.
Kuan was previously a national legislator from 2005 to 2023, having won three consecutive elections, including the highly competitive 2008 legislative election after the introduction of the single-member district system which halved the total seats from 225 to 113.