Chen Chien-jen
Chen Chien-jen OS KSG KHS is a Taiwanese epidemiologist and politician who served as Vice President of Taiwan from 2016 to 2020 and premier of Taiwan from 2023 to 2024 under President Tsai Ing-wen. He joined the Chen Shui-bian presidential administration in 2003 as leader of the Department of Health, serving through 2005. He later headed the National Science Council between 2006 and 2008. Chen then served as a vice president of Academia Sinica from 2011 to 2015. Later that year, Chen joined Tsai Ing-wen on the Democratic Progressive Party presidential ticket and served as Vice President of Taiwan from 2016 to 2020. Chen joined the DPP in 2022 and was appointed premier in January 2023.
Some of the key events about Chen Chien-jen
- 1979Earned a Doctor of Science degree in epidemiology and human genetics from Johns Hopkins University
- 1984Became a professor at National Taiwan University
- 1984Faced criticism for research on hepatitis B that some considered unethical due to lack of informed consent
- 1997Elected as an academician of Academia Sinica
- 2003Led Taiwan's fight against the SARS epidemic as health minister
- 2003Criticized for initial handling of SARS outbreak as health minister
- 2005Received the Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon from the government of Taiwan
- 2006Awarded the Knowledge for the World Award by Johns Hopkins University
- 2009Resigned as vice president of Academia Sinica amid controversy over dual appointments
- 2010Appointed as vice president of Academia Sinica
- 2016Elected as Vice President of Taiwan
- 2016Faced backlash for comments suggesting Taiwan's low birth rate was due to women's education levels
- 2019Received the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's Richmond Award
- 2020Criticized for downplaying early COVID-19 risks as vice president
- 2023Sworn in as the Premier of Taiwan
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