Kuan Bi-ling

Kuan Bi-ling MLY
管碧玲
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2008
Succeeded by	Lin Yi-shih (Kaohsiung 2)
Constituency	Kaohsiung 2→Kaohsiung 5
In office 1 February 2005 – 31 January 2008
Succeeded by	Chung Shao-he
Constituency	Kaohsiung 1
Director General, Kaohsiung City Bureau of Cultural Affairs
In office 2003–2004
Director General, Kaohsiung City Information Bureau
In office 2000–2002
Personal details
Born	(1956-12-09) 9 December 1956 Fengyuan, Taichung County, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwan
Political party	Template:DPP
Alma mater	National Taipei University National Taiwan University
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Political scientist

Kuan Bi-ling (Chinese: 管碧玲; pinyin: Guǎn Bìlíng) is a Taiwanese politician. She is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party, currently serving as a member of the Legislative Yuan.

Kuan has been a national legislator since 2005, having won three consecutive elections, including the highly competitive 2008 legislative election after the introduction of the single-member district system which halved the total seats from 225 to 113.

Early life and education

Kuan Bi-ling was born to a Hakka Taiwanese father and a Hoklo Taiwanese mother. She received her Ph.D. with honors in political science from National Taiwan University.

Early careers

• Director General, Kaohsiung City Bureau of Cultural Affairs
• Director General, Kaohsiung City Department of Information
• 8th and 10th DPP Central Party Headquarters Central Executive Committee
• Deputy Director, President Chen Shui-Bian Knowledge Taiwan Election Campaign Group
• Spokesperson, Women's Headquarters, Mayor Chen Shui-bian Re-Election Campaign
• Spokesperson, Alliance for Supervision of Constitutional Reform
• Secretary General, Taiwan Association of University Professor
• Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration and Policy, National Taipei University

Political careers

Kuan won the 2008 Republic of China legislative election held on 12 January 2008 representing Constituency 2 of Kaohsiung City.

No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Ratio	Elected
1	Luo Shih Syong (羅世雄)	Template:KMT	63,410	48.85%
2	Li Jing Yu (李凈瑜)	Home Party	424	0.33%
3	Ceng Wun Sheng (曾文聖)	Template:Taiwan Constitution Association	186	0.14%
4	Lin Cheng Syong (林稱雄)	Template:IND-TW	184	0.14%
5	Kuan Bi-ling	Template:DPP	65,604	50.54%

Personal life

Kuan is married to Hsu Yang-ming.

External links

• Official profile, Legislative Yuan