Audrey Tang
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Audrey Tang Feng (Chinese: 唐鳳; pinyin: Táng Fèng; born 18 April 1981) is a Taiwanese politician and free software programmer who has served as the 1st Minister of Digital Affairs of Taiwan since August 2022.[1] She has been described as one of the "ten greatest Taiwanese computing personalities".[2] In August 2016, Tang was invited to join Taiwan's Executive Yuan as a minister without portfolio, making her the first transgender person and the first non-binary official in the top executive cabinet.[3][4][5] Tang has identified as "post-gender" and accepts "whatever pronoun people want to describe me with online."[6] Tang is a community leader of Haskell and Perl and the core member of g0v.
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唐鳳 | |
1st Minister of Digital Affairs | |
Assumed office 27 August 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Su Tseng-chang Chen Chien-jen |
Deputy | See list
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Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Huang Yen-nun |
Minister without Portfolio | |
In office 1 October 2016 – 27 August 2022 | |
Prime Minister | See list |
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Born | Autrijus Tang Tsung-han (唐宗漢) 18 April 1981 (1981-04-18) (age 43) Taipei, Taiwan |
Political party | Independent |
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Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Software programmer |
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Traditional Chinese | 唐鳳 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 唐凤 | ||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 唐宗漢 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 唐宗汉 | ||||||||||||
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