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 National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...

and studied at Columbia University Law School in the United States. He and John Chen co-founded Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law in 1974. Fan has also worked for the

Examination Yuan The Examination Yuan is the civil service commission branch, in charge of validating the qualification of civil servants, of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It has a president, a vice president, and seven to nine members, al ...

and served as a judge at the district court level in Taipei and Taichung.

Political career

Fan served as spokesman for a group of

cross-strait relations Cross-Strait relations (sometimes called Mainland–Taiwan relations, or Taiwan-China relations) are the relations between China (officially the People's Republic of China) and Taiwan (officially the Republic of China). The relationship h ...

advisers President

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formed in 2000. On 14 June 2001, Chen started the

Hakka Affairs Council The Hakka Affairs Council (HAC; , Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hak-kâ Vî-yèn-fi) is a cabinet-level unit under the Executive Yuan of the government of Taiwan. Its mission is to revitalize Hakka language and culture, and promoting Hakka cultural research an ...

, and appointed Fan the first minister. Fan left the Hakka Affairs Council to become governor of

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. He joined the Democratic Progressive Party in January 2003. During his governorship, Hualien County Magistrate Chang Fu-hsing died in office, and Premier

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named Fan the acting magistrate on 20 May 2003. 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. In July 2007, media speculation linked Fan to a promotion as vice president of the Judicial Yuan, but he remained secretary-general of the body until at least September of that year.Alt URL
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fan, Kuang-chun 1939 births Living people Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Hsinchu County 20th-century Taiwanese judges Taiwanese politicians of Hakka descent Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan) politicians Chairpersons of the Taiwan Provincial Government Columbia Law School alumni National Taiwan University alumni Magistrates of Hualien County