Audrey Tang Tang Feng | |
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唐鳳 | |
Taiwanese Ambassador-at-large | |
Assumed office 7 October 2024 | |
President | Lai Ching-te |
1st Minister of Digital Affairs | |
In office 27 August 2022 – 20 May 2024 | |
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 | Lin Chuan Lai Ching-te Su Tseng-chang |
Personal details | |
Born | Tang Tsung-han (唐宗漢) 18 April 1981 (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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Audrey Tang (Chinese: 唐鳳; pinyin: Táng Fèng; born 18 April 1981) is a Taiwanese politician and free software programmer who served as the first Minister of Digital Affairs of Taiwan from August 2022 to May 2024.[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 gender 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 leader of the Haskell and Perl programming language communities, and is the core member of g0v.