Ker Chien-ming | |||||||||||||
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柯建銘 | |||||||||||||
_(cropped).jpg) Ker in 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Minority Leader of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 February 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Speaker | Han Kuo-yu | ||||||||||||
| Secretary General | Rosalia Wu | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | William Tseng | ||||||||||||
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 February 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Constituency | Proportional Representation №8 | ||||||||||||
| In office 1 February 2016 – 1 February 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Lu Hsueh-chang | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Cheng Cheng-chien | ||||||||||||
| Constituency | Hsinchu City | ||||||||||||
| In office 1 February 2008 – 1 February 2016 | |||||||||||||
| Constituency | Proportional Representation №2 | ||||||||||||
| In office 1 February 1993 – 1 February 2008 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Hsu Wu-sheng | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lu Hsueh-chang | ||||||||||||
| Constituency | Hsinchu's 1st district | ||||||||||||
| Majority Leader of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||||||
| In office 1 February 2016 – 31 January 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Speaker | Su Jia-chyuan Yu Shyi-kun | ||||||||||||
| Secretary General | See list | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Fu Kun-chi | ||||||||||||
| Acting Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party | |||||||||||||
| In office 11 March 2011 – 27 April 2011 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Tsai Ing-wen | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Tsai Ing-wen | ||||||||||||
| In office 11 December 2004 – 15 January 2005 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Chen Shui-bian | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Su Tseng-chang | ||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||
| Born | (1951-09-08)8 September 1951 (age 73) Hsinchu,Taiwan | ||||||||||||
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party | ||||||||||||
| Education | Chung Shan Medical University (BS) Tamkang University (MA) | ||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 柯建銘 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 柯建铭 | ||||||||||||
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Ker Chien-ming (Chinese:柯建銘;pinyin:Kē Jiànmíng;Wade–Giles:Ke1 Chien4-ming2; born 8 September 1951) is aTaiwanese politician and former dentist who serves as minority leader in theLegislative Yuan. From 2016 to February 2024, he was the majority leader, after theDemocratic Progressive Party won a majority of seats in the Legislative Yuan for the first time.
He obtained his bachelor's degree indental science fromChung Shan Medical University and earned his master's degree inmanagement science fromTamkang University.
Ker is a founding member of theDemocratic Progressive Party and was first elected to theLegislative Yuan in 1992. He representedHsinchu district from 1993 to 2008, and again starting in 2016. From 2008 to 2016 and again from 2020, Ker was elected viaproportional representation.[1][2][3]
On 17 August 2022, in the aftermath of thenSpeaker of the United States House of RepresentativesNancy Pelosi'svisit to Taiwan on 2–3 August, China blacklisted seven Taiwanese officials including Ker due to their alleged support forTaiwanese independence. The blacklist bans them from enteringmainland China and theSpecial Administrative Regions ofHong Kong andMacau, and restricts them from working with Chinese officials. Chinese state-run tabloidGlobal Times labelled Ker and the six officials as "diehard secessionists".[4]
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| 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 |
