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Hannah Kwong (': 鄺 漢娜'; : Kuàng Hànnà'') is a former Rainian politician and teacher who served as the President of Rainier between 2005 to 2015. She was previously the Minister of Education between 1990-95, Labour leader and co-currently Leader of the Opposition between 2000-5, and Member of Parliament for Nanaimo—Ladysmith between 1990-2005. She currently works as the American Secretary for Education and the Youth for the Conference of American States as one of the representatives in the American Secretariat for the Social Democrats of America. She was the first female and Chinese-Rainian president.

Kwong was born the daughter of Chinese immigrants in in 1954, and initially trained as a teacher. She was forced into exile to in 1984 when she criticised the military regime, returning in 1989 when the regime began to collapse. In 1990 Kwong was elected as a Labour MP for the constituency of Nanaimo—Ladysmith, being appointed as Minister of Education in the government of Nicholas Halifax that year. She continued as a MP following the National Union Partys victory in 1995, being elected Labour leader in 2000. In 2005 Kwong ran for the Rainian presidency against incumbent Carwyn Maddock, campaigning on ending Rainier's involvement in the and instituting a, which had formally been dismantled under the military government. Kwong unexpectedly won the election by a margin on 0.03% compared to Maddock, becoming the 21st President of Rainier and fifth from the Labour Party.

As president she implemented policies, supporting the expansion of women reproductive rights and  policies, passing legalisation for gay marriage in 2007, withdrawing troops from Iraq and creating the Rainain Health Assistance Programme (RHAP). Kwong adopted to deal with the  as well as increased taxes on the wealthy. She was narrowly re-elected in 2010, where in Kwong's second term she controversially intervened in and oversaw the referendum on cannabis legalisation in 2014 which passed by a margin of 2%. In response to the 2012 Lebanon High School Shooting Kwong passed the biggest gun control legalisation in Rainian history. Constitutionally barred from seeking a third term, she retired from Rainian politics after the 2015 presidential election.

Kwong's term as president was controversial, being applauded by the for her progressive social and social democratic economic policies, and condemned by the. In 2016 Kwong was appointed to the role of American Secretary for Education and the Youth for the Conference of American States, stating her aim is to help engage and educate young people in politics.