Fan Kuang-chun

Taiwanese lawyer and politician

范光群

Secretary-General of the Judicial YuanIn office
7 October 2003 – 2007Magistrate of Hualien County
(acting)In office
20 May 2003 – 19 August 2003Preceded byChang Fu-hsingSucceeded byHsieh Shen-shanGovernor of Taiwan ProvinceIn office
1 February 2002 – 7 October 2003Preceded byChang Po-yaSucceeded byLin Kuang-huaMinister of the Hakka Affairs Council of the Republic of ChinaIn office
14 June 2001 – 1 February 2002Preceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byYeh Chu-lan Personal detailsBorn (1939-03-16) 16 March 1939 (age 85)
Shinchiku Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of JapanNationalityTaiwanesePolitical partyIndependentOther political
affiliationsDemocratic Progressive Party (2003)Alma materNational Taiwan University
Columbia University Law SchoolOccupationPoliticianProfessionlawyer

Fan Kuang-chun (Chinese: 范光群; pinyin: Fàn Guāngqún; born 16 March 1939) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician.

Education and legal career

Fan earned an LL.B from National Taiwan University and studied at Columbia University Law School in the United States.^[1] He and John Chen co-founded Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law in 1974.^[2] Fan has also worked for the Examination Yuan and served as a judge at the district court level in Taipei and Taichung.^[1]

Political career

Fan served as spokesman for a group of cross-strait relations advisers President Chen Shui-bian formed in 2000.^[3] On 14 June 2001, Chen started the Hakka Affairs Council, and appointed Fan the first minister.^[4] Fan left the Hakka Affairs Council to become governor of Taiwan Province. He joined the Democratic Progressive Party in January 2003.^[5] During his governorship, Hualien County Magistrate Chang Fu-hsing died in office, and Premier Yu Shyi-kun named Fan the acting magistrate on 20 May 2003.^[6]^[7] On 7 October 2003, Fan was selected as the secretary-general of the Judicial Yuan by Chen Shui-bian. That same day, he resigned from the Democratic Progressive Party.^[8] In July 2007, media speculation linked Fan to a promotion as vice president of the Judicial Yuan,^[9] but he remained secretary-general of the body until at least September of that year.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "KUANG-CHUN FAN 范光群". Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
^ Chuang, Jimmy (5 December 2004). "Koos's legal experience helping DPP". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 12 March 2005. Retrieved 20 February 2016. Alt URL Archived 2 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
^ Lin, Chieh-yu (13 November 2000). "New Party walks out of cross-strait advisory group". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ Huang, Joyce (14 June 2001). "Cabinet inaugurates new Hakka Commission". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ Lin, Mei-Chun (17 January 2003). "DPP membership drive attracts more members of elite". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
^ Huang, Sandy (22 May 2003). "Alliance plans by-election strategy". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Fan Kuang-chun takes over". Taipei Times. 21 May 2003. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ Chuang, Jimmy (13 October 2003). "Fan Kuang-chun turns to cause of judicial reform". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (17 July 2007). "President Chen to submit nominees for grand justices". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ Chang, Rich; Chuang, Jimmy (5 September 2007). "Judiciary denies political bias". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 10 September 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2016. Alt URL