Fan Kuang-chun explained

Fan Kuang-chun
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Term Start1:7 October 2003
Term End1:2007
Order1:Secretary-General of the Judicial Yuan
Order2:Magistrate of Hualien County
(acting)
Term Start2:20 May 2003
Term End2:19 August 2003
Predecessor2:Chang Fu-hsing
Successor2:Hsieh Shen-shan
Order3:Governor of Taiwan Province
Term Start3:1 February 2002
Term End3:7 October 2003
Successor3:Lin Kuang-hua
Predecessor3:Chang Po-ya
Order4:Minister of the Hakka Affairs Council of the Republic of China
Term Start4:14 June 2001
Term End4:1 February 2002
Predecessor4:Position established
Successor4:Yeh Chu-lan
Birth Date:1939 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Shinchiku Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Party:Independent
Nationality:Taiwanese
Alma Mater:National Taiwan University
Columbia University Law School
Occupation:Politician
Profession:lawyer

Fan Kuang-chun (; 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: KUANG-CHUN FAN 范光群. 1 October 2016. Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law.
  2. News: Chuang. Jimmy. Koos's legal experience helping DPP. 20 February 2016. Taipei Times. 5 December 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20050312102024/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/12/05/2003213817. 12 March 2005. Alt URL
  3. News: Lin. Chieh-yu. New Party walks out of cross-strait advisory group. 20 February 2016. Taipei Times. 13 November 2000.
  4. News: Huang. Joyce. Cabinet inaugurates new Hakka Commission. 20 February 2016. Taipei Times. 14 June 2001.
  5. News: Lin. Mei-Chun. DPP membership drive attracts more members of elite. 28 September 2016. Taipei Times. 17 January 2003.
  6. News: Huang. Sandy. Alliance plans by-election strategy. 20 February 2016. Taipei Times. 22 May 2003.
  7. News: Fan Kuang-chun takes over. 20 February 2016. Taipei Times. 21 May 2003.
  8. News: Chuang. Jimmy. Fan Kuang-chun turns to cause of judicial reform. 20 February 2016. Taipei Times. 13 October 2003.
  9. News: Shih. Hsiu-chuan. President Chen to submit nominees for grand justices. 20 February 2016. Taipei Times. 17 July 2007.
  10. News: Chang. Rich. Chuang. Jimmy. Judiciary denies political bias. 20 February 2016. Taipei Times. 5 September 2007. 10 September 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070910191759/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/09/05/2003377251. Alt URL