Ker Chien-ming

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ker.

Ker Chien-ming
MLY
柯建銘
Official portrait, 2015
Minority Leader of the Legislative Yuan
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2024
SpeakerHan Kuo-yu
Secretary GeneralRosalia Wu
Preceded byWilliam Tseng
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2020
ConstituencyProportional Representation №8
In office
1 February 2016 – 1 February 2020
Preceded byLu Hsueh-chang
Succeeded byCheng Cheng-chien
ConstituencyHsinchu City
In office
1 February 2008 – 1 February 2016
ConstituencyProportional Representation №2
In office
1 February 1993 – 1 February 2008
Preceded byHsu Wu-sheng
Succeeded byLu Hsueh-chang
ConstituencyHsinchu's 1st district
Majority Leader of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2016 – 31 January 2024
SpeakerSu Jia-chyuan
Yu Shyi-kun
Secretary General
See list
Succeeded byFu Kun-chi
Acting Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party
In office
11 March 2011 – 27 April 2011
Preceded byTsai Ing-wen
Succeeded byTsai Ing-wen
In office
11 December 2004 – 15 January 2005
Preceded byChen Shui-bian
Succeeded bySu Tseng-chang
Personal details
Born (1951-09-08) 8 September 1951 (age 73)
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
EducationChung Shan Medical University (BS)
Tamkang University (MA)
Ker Chien-ming
Traditional Chinese柯建銘
Simplified Chinese柯建铭
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKē Jiànmíng
Wade–GilesKō Chièn-míng
Southern Min
Hokkien POJKho Kiàn-bêng

Ker Chien-ming (Chinese: 柯建銘; pinyin: Kē Jiànmíng; Wade–Giles: Ke1 Chien4-ming2; born 8 September 1951) is a Taiwanese politician who serves as minority leader in the Legislative Yuan. From 2016 to February 2024, he was the majority leader, after the Democratic Progressive Party won a majority of seats in the Legislative Yuan for the first time.

Education

He obtained his bachelor's degree in dental science from Chung Shan Medical University and master's degree in management science from Tamkang University.

Political career

Ker is a founding member of the Democratic Progressive Party and was first elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1992. He represented Hsinchu district from 1993 to 2008, and again starting in 2016. From 2008 to 2016 and again from 2020, Ker was elected via proportional representation.[1][2][3]

On 17 August 2022, in the aftermath of then Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan on 2–3 August, China blacklisted seven Taiwanese officials including Ker due to their alleged support for Taiwanese independence. The blacklist bans them from entering mainland China and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and restricts them from working with Chinese officials. Chinese state-run tabloid Global Times labelled Ker and the six officials as "diehard secessionists".[4]

References

  1. ^ "Legislators: Ker Chien-Ming". The Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China. Retrieved 13 November 2007.
  2. ^ "Editorial: Gangsters, gangsters everywhere". Taipei Times. 9 November 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
  3. ^ Wen, Keui-hsiang; Huang, Frances (15 November 2019). "2020 Elections: DPP legislator-at-large list shows diversity". Central News Agency. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  4. ^ "China imposes sanctions on seven Taiwan 'secessionist' officials". Al Jazeera. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
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Party political offices
Preceded by Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party
Acting
2004–2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party
Acting
11 March 2011 – 27 April 2011 		Succeeded by