Fan Kuang-chun

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

In this Chinese name, the family name is Fan (范).
Fan Kuang-chun
范光群
Secretary-General of the Judicial Yuan
In office
7 October 2003 – 2007
Magistrate of Hualien County
(acting)
In office
20 May 2003 – 19 August 2003
Preceded byChang Fu-hsing
Succeeded byHsieh Shen-shan
Governor of Taiwan Province
In office
1 February 2002 – 7 October 2003
Preceded byChang Po-ya
Succeeded byLin Kuang-hua
Minister of the Hakka Affairs Council of the Republic of China
In office
14 June 2001 – 1 February 2002
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byYeh Chu-lan
Personal details
Born (1939-03-16) 16 March 1939
Shinchiku Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
NationalityTaiwanese
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Democratic Progressive Party (2003)
Alma materNational Taiwan University
Columbia University Law School
OccupationPolitician
Professionlawyer

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
  1. "KUANG-CHUN FAN 范光群". Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. 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
  3. Lin, Chieh-yu (13 November 2000). "New Party walks out of cross-strait advisory group". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. Huang, Joyce (14 June 2001). "Cabinet inaugurates new Hakka Commission". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  5. Lin, Mei-Chun (17 January 2003). "DPP membership drive attracts more members of elite". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  6. Huang, Sandy (22 May 2003). "Alliance plans by-election strategy". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  7. "Fan Kuang-chun takes over". Taipei Times. 21 May 2003. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  8. Chuang, Jimmy (13 October 2003). "Fan Kuang-chun turns to cause of judicial reform". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  9. Shih, Hsiu-chuan (17 July 2007). "President Chen to submit nominees for grand justices". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  10. 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
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