Audrey Tang

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. She has been described as one of the "ten greatest Taiwanese computing personalities". 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. Tang has identified as "post-gender" and accepts "whatever pronoun people want to describe me with online." Tang is a community leader of Haskell and Perl and the core member of g0v.

Audrey Tang
Tang Feng
唐鳳
Official portrait, 2016
1st Minister of Digital Affairs
Assumed office
27 August 2022
Prime MinisterSu Tseng-chang
Chen Chien-jen
Deputy
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  • Huai-Jen Lee
    Chuei He-ming
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHuang Yen-nun
Minister without Portfolio
In office
1 October 2016  27 August 2022
Prime Minister
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Personal details
Born
Autrijus Tang Tsung-han (唐宗漢)

18 April 1981 (1981-04-18) (age 43)
Taipei, Taiwan
Political partyIndependent
Parents
  • Tang Kuang-hua (father)
  • Lee Ya-ching (mother)
Relatives
  • Bestian Tang Tsung-hao (brother)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionSoftware programmer
Signature
Audrey Tang
Traditional Chinese唐鳳
Simplified Chinese唐凤
Original name
Traditional Chinese唐宗漢
Simplified Chinese唐宗汉
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