Audrey Tang
Minister of Digital Affairs, Taiwan
Description
She was able to program at the age of eight, is considered a first-class hacker, is the first transgender minister worldwide and is committed to digital democracy. Today, she is considered the first Taiwanese free software programmer as well as the first Minister of Digital Affairs of the Republic of China. Audrey Tang is known for the invention and main development of the PAR tool and the initiator and leader of the Pugs project. She has been involved in over 100 Perl projects and introduced smoke tests and digital signatures in CPAN.