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Kuan Bi-ling

管碧玲　/　かん・へきれい

Politician from Taiwan

December 9, 1956 (age 69)　・　Fengyuan District, Taiwan

politician
university teacher

My Take

Kuan Bi-ling interests me as a rare three-in-one figure: political scientist, lawyer, and front-line politician. Moving from National Taiwan University's lecture halls to leading the Ocean Affairs Council is no small leap, and overseeing something as borderless and contested as maritime policy demands real nerve. What I find genuinely endearing is the contrast between that institutional weight and her Instagram handle, kuanmom. It hints at a politician who hasn't sealed herself off behind official gravity. I respect public servants who carry serious portfolios without losing their human texture, and she reads to me as one of those quietly formidable women.

Overview

Kuan Bi-ling (Chinese: 管碧玲; pinyin: Guǎn Bìlíng; born 9 December 1956) is a Taiwanese political scientist, lawyer, and politician who is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party. She is the incumbent Minister of Ocean Affairs Council, having assumed office under the Chen Chien-jen cabinet in 2023.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Kuan Bi-ling
Name (Japanese): 管碧玲
Reading: かん・へきれい
Born: December 9, 1956 (age 69)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Monkey
Origin: Fengyuan District, Taiwan
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / university teacher

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Taichung Municipal Taichung Girls' Senior High School
University: National Taiwan University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kuanmom/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AE%A1%E7%A2%A7%E7%8E%B2

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