Fan Kuang-chun | |
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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 by | Chang Fu-hsing |
Succeeded by | Hsieh Shen-shan |
Governor of Taiwan Province | |
In office 1 February 2002 – 7 October 2003 | |
Preceded by | Chang Po-ya |
Succeeded by | Lin Kuang-hua |
Minister of the Hakka Affairs Council of the Republic of China | |
In office 14 June 2001 – 1 February 2002 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Yeh Chu-lan |
Personal details | |
Born | Shinchiku Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan | 16 March 1939
Nationality | Taiwanese |
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Democratic Progressive Party (2003) |
Alma mater | National Taiwan University Columbia University Law School |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | lawyer |
Fan Kuang-chun (Chinese: 范光群; pinyin: Fàn Guāngqún; born 16 March 1939) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician.
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]
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]