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Kuan Bi-ling (Chinese: 管碧玲; pinyin: Guǎn Bìlíng; born 9 December 1956) is a Taiwanese politician and 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 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 Taipei University (BA) National Taiwan University (PhD) |
| Profession | Political scientist |
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.
Early life and education
editKuan Bi-ling was born to a Hakka Taiwanese father and a Hoklo Taiwanese mother. She received her Ph.D. with honors in political science from National Taiwan University.
Early careers
edit- Director General, Kaohsiung City Bureau of Cultural Affairs
- Director General, Kaohsiung City Department of Information
- 8th and 10th DPP Central Party Headquarters Central Executive Committee
- Deputy Director, President Chen Shui-Bian Knowledge Taiwan Election Campaign Group
- Spokesperson, Women's Headquarters, Mayor Chen Shui-bian Re-Election Campaign
- Spokesperson, Alliance for Supervision of Constitutional Reform
- Secretary General, Taiwan Association of University Professor
- Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration and Policy, National Taipei University
Political career
editKuan won a seat in the 2008 Taiwanese legislative election held on 12 January 2008, representing Constituency 2 of Kaohsiung City.
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Ratio | Elected |
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| 1 | Lwo Shih-hsiung | Kuomintang | 63,410 | 48.85% | |
| 2 | Lee Ching-yu | Home Party | 424 | 0.33% | |
| 3 | Ceng Wun Sheng (曾文聖) | Taiwan Constitution Association | 186 | 0.14% | |
| 4 | Lin Cheng Syong (林稱雄) | Independent | 184 | 0.14% | |
| 5 | Kuan Bi-ling | Democratic Progressive Party | 65,604 | 50.54% | 
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Personal life
editKuan is married to Hsu Yang-ming.[1]
Controversy
editPhysical confrontation in the Education and Culture Committee
editOn 22 October 2008, Legislator Hung Hsiu-chu of the Chinese Nationalist Party injured an eye of Kuan's parliament assistant (PA) while pushing a poster away during a budget review session of the National Science Council in the Education and Culture Committee, so Kuan stood up in argument with Hung till finally slapped Hung's face and Hung pinched Kuan's cheeks, and both legislators refused to apologize. Kuan states: "When one is faced with repression, one should stand straight, refuse to give in and fight against oppression and hegemony."[2] Hung launched a lawsuit against Kuan for two years until a judge persuaded both sides to reconcile with each other, and shared chocolate together in peace on 29 July 2010.[3][4]
Supporting the languages development act
editThe 2018 Development of National Languages Act stipulates the government offices to provide the interpretation services for the citizens participating in administrative, legislative, and judicial procedures to freely choose to use their national languages,[5] so the Legislative Yuan activated the interpreter service for the parliament session in real time accordingly.[6] On 27 September 2021, after following the steps to apply in advance with 3 Taiwanese interpreters been present ready,[7] Legislator Chen Po-wei of the Taiwan Statebuilding Party proceeded his scheduled questioning session in Taiwanese in the Foreign and National Defense Committee.[8][9] Minister of National Defense, Chiu Kuo-cheng rejected to speak Taiwanese, nor accepted the interpreter's real-time service at site, but brought the deputy minister Zong-hsiao Li as his own interpreter, and insisted in the 3-way translation pattern sentence by sentence.[7] Chiu repeatedly interrupted the question process by asking Chen to speak Mandarin Chinese for easier communication, or the session time cannot be lengthened to accommodate the interpretation,[8][9] but Li is not a linguistic professional, hence his translation contains contextual errors,[8][9][7] so Chairman Chen I-hsin intervened when the argument occurred, and introduced the existing synchronized interpretation in progress as the solution same as the common conference practice in the other states; but Chiu never picked up the earphone, yet insisted his way till the session run out of time.[8][9] Chen later apologized to the public for the good intention of practicing the national language law being turned into a linguistic communication tragedy, and condemned Chiu for "bullying" (鴨霸), but Chiu denied the allegation and claimed that a language is a tool of communication.[7] The parliamentary interpretation service were temporarily suspended afterwards pending on better communication in the future - consequently Kuan, the other MPs and media editorials such as the Taipei Times commented that Language is not just a tool of communication as Chiu said, but also an identity of feelings and culture.[10] Taipei City Councilor Miao Poya also explained that the multi-lingual working environment is essential for a healthy mind without the "Chinese Language Supremacy" (華語至上) attitude to achieve the international level in diversity, equality and mutual respect for a modern state.[7]
References
edit- ^ Chiu, Yen-ling; Yen, Ruo-jin (3 January 2012). "2012 ELECTIONS: Spouses help nominees' campaigns". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ Wang, Flora (27 December 2008). "Kuan Bi-ling censured over slap" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei: Taipei Times. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ Zheng, Min-sheng; Luo, Rong; Wang, Ji-you (29 July 2010). "年輕法官力勸 強悍女立委和解" [A Young Judge Persuades Tough Lady Legislators to Reconcile] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei: China Times. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ Kuo, Zhao-chi; Chen, Guan-yu (29 July 2010). "年輕法官力勸 洪秀柱、管碧玲大和解" [Hsiu-chu Huang and Bi-ling Kuan Reconcile after a Young Judge's persuasion] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei: Era News. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2022 – via Nownews.com, Internet Archive.
- ^ Ministry of Culture (11 January 2019). "Development of National Languages Act". Taipei. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "National languages development act passed by Legislature". Taiwan Today. Taipei. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Li, Bing-fang (28 September 2021). "陳柏惟台語質詢和邱國正起衝突，道歉嘆「喜事變悲劇」，立院將暫緩執行通譯服務加強溝通" [Bo-wei Chen questioned Kuo-Cheng Chiu in Taiwanese, and sighed after the conflict: "A happy event turned into a tragedy" - the Legislative Yuan will suspend the interpretation service and improve the communication] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei: The News Lens. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d Chen Po-wei; Chiu Kuo-cheng (27 September 2021). "會議隨選" [Meeting Recording Selection] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei: Multi-media Selection Video System, Meeting Broadcast IVOD Network, Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d Chen Po-wei; Chiu Kuo-cheng (27 September 2021). "立法院公報第100卷第75期委員會紀錄-立法院第10屆第4會期外交及國防委員會第2次全體委員會議紀錄" [The Second Committee Meeting Minute, Foreign and National Defense Committee, Fourth Session, Tenth period, Gazette of the Legislative] (PDF) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei: Gazette of the Legislative Yuan, Vol. 100, Issue 75. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "EDITORIAL: Language is not just a tool". Taipei Times. Taipei. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
