Audrey Tang — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Served as the first Minister of Digital Affairs of Taiwan (2022-2024).
Served as a Minister without portfolio in Taiwan's Executive Yuan (2016-2022).
Recognized as the world's first non-binary cabinet minister.
A leader in the Haskell and Perl programming language communities.
Core member of g0v, a prominent civic tech movement.
Helped develop participatory democracy platforms like vTaiwan and Join.
Contributed to Taiwan’s COVID-19 response and safeguarded 2024 elections from cyber interference.

Biography

Audrey Tang (born Tang Feng) is a Taiwanese politician and free software programmer. She served as the first Minister of Digital Affairs of Taiwan from August 2022 to May 2024, and previously as a Minister without portfolio in Taiwan's Executive Yuan from August 2016. Tang is also known as Taiwan's Cyber Ambassador and is recognized as the world's first non-binary cabinet minister.