Chen Chien-jen

His Excellency

Chen Chien-jen

OS KSG KHS
His Excellency; Chen Chien-jen; OS KSG KHS
陳建仁
	Official portrait, 2023
31st Premier of the Republic of China
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 31 January 2023
President	Tsai Ing-wen
Vice Premier	Cheng Wen-tsan
Preceded by	Su Tseng-chang
11th Vice President of the Republic of China
	In office; 20 May 2016 – 20 May 2020
President	Tsai Ing-wen
Preceded by	Wu Den-yih
Succeeded by	Lai Ching-te
Vice Chairman of National Security Council
	In office; 20 May 2016 – 20 May 2020
Chairwoman	Tsai Ing-wen
Preceded by	Wu Den-yih
Succeeded by	Lai Ching-te
Vice President of Academia Sinica
	In office; 18 October 2011 – 16 November 2015
AS President	Chi-Huey Wong
Preceded by	Andrew H. J. Wang
Succeeded by	Andrew H. J. Wang
Minister of the National Science Council
	In office; 25 January 2006 – 19 May 2008
Premier	Su Tseng-chang; Chang Chun-hsiung
Deputy	Wu Tsung-tsong; Yang Hung-duen
Preceded by	Maw-Kuen Wu
Succeeded by	Lee Lou-chuang
Minister of Health
	In office; 18 May 2003 – 1 February 2005
Premier	Yu Shyi-kun
Preceded by	Twu Shiing-jer
Succeeded by	Wang Hsiu-hong (acting); Hou Sheng-mao
Personal details
Born	6 June 1951 (age 72); Cishan, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan (now Kaohsiung)
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party (since 2022)
Spouse(s)	Lo Feng-ping (羅鳳蘋)
Alma mater	National Taiwan University; Johns Hopkins University
Profession	Epidemiologist
Awards	Order of Dr. Sun Yat-sen

Chen Chien-jen^[2] OS KSG KHS (Chinese: 陳建仁; Wade–Giles: Chen² Chien⁴-jen², born 6 June 1951) is a Taiwanese epidemiologist and politician. He has been the premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2023. He was the Vice President of Taiwan from 2016 to 2020.

References[change | change source]

↑ Ku Chuan, Matt Yu, Elizabeth Hsu (1 January 2019). "President sings anthem at New Year's Day flag-hoisting ceremony". Focus Taiwan (in English and Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019. The president arrived at the ceremony venue at 6:20 a.m. accompanied by Chen, Chen's wife Lo Fong-ping (羅鳳蘋), Presidential Office Secretary-General Chen Chu (陳菊) and Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ "Vice President Chen". Office of President Republic of China (Taiwan). Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2020. Mr. Chen Chien-jen was born in Cishan Township, Kaohsiung County (now merged into Kaohsiung City) in 1951.

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