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For the diplomat, see Chen Chien-jen (born 1939).
Chen Chien-jen
KSG[1] KHS[2]
陳建仁
Vice President of the Republic of China
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 May 2016
PresidentTsai Ing-wen
Preceded byWu Den-yih
Minister of the National Science Council
In office
25 January 2006 – 19 May 2008
DeputyYang Hung-duen
Preceded byMaw-Kuen Wu
Succeeded byLee Lou-chuang
Minister of Health
In office
18 May 2003 – 1 February 2005
PremierYu Shyi-kun
Preceded byTwu Shiing-jer
Succeeded byWang Hsiu-hong (Acting)
Hou Sheng-mao
Personal details
Born (1951-06-06) 6 June 1951 (age 73)
Cishan, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan (now part of Kaohsiung)
Political partyIndependent
SpouseLuo Feng-ping (羅鳳蘋)[3]
ResidencePing’an Residence
Alma materNational Taiwan University
Johns Hopkins University
ProfessionEpidemiologist
SignatureFile:陳建仁Signature.png

Template:Chinese name

Chen Chien-jen
Traditional Chinese陳建仁
Simplified Chinese陈建仁
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Jiànrén
Wade–GilesChen2 Chien4-jen2
IPA[ʈʂʰə̌n tɕjɛ̂n.ɻə̌n]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTân Kiàn-jîn

Chen Chien-jen KSG KHS (Chinese: 陳建仁, born 6 June 1951) is the Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan). He is an epidemiologist by training and was formerly vice president of Academia Sinica, Taiwan's premier research institution.[4] He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Fu Jen Catholic University.[5]

Early life

Chen Chien-jen was born in Cishan, Kaohsiung County, in 1951, as one of eight children.[6] His father, Chen Hsin-an, served as Kaohsiung County Magistrate from 1954 to 1957.[7] Chen's mother Chen Wei Lien-chih managed a daycare.[6]

Career as researcher

Chen obtained a master's degree in public health from the National Taiwan University, and received his Sc.D in human genetics and epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University in 1977 and 1982, respectively.[7][8] He began his medical career by researching hepatitis B, and helped raise awareness about vaccination for the disease in Taiwan.[7] Chen further researched on the liver cancer risk of people with hepatitis B.[9] Chen also discovered a link from arsenic to blackfoot disease.[7][10] The arsenic research lead to the revision of international health standards for arsenic exposure.[9]

Political career

Chen served as Minister of Health from 2003 to 2005. As health minister, he was praised for effectively managing the SARS epidemic through quarantine and screening procedures,[9] despite Taiwan's non-membership in the World Health Organization complicating the coordination of research efforts.[11] Chen led the National Science Council from 2006 to 2008.

2016 Republic of China presidential and vice presidential election

On 16 November 2015, Chen was confirmed as the running mate for Tsai Ing-wen in the 2016 Taiwanese presidential election[12] after media speculation earlier in the month.[13][14] During the campaign, Chen became known by the nickname Brother Da-jen (大仁哥), after a character portrayed by Chen Bolin on the romantic drama In Time with You.[15] Chen is the first Catholic Vice Presidential nominee in Taiwan. On 16 January 2016, Tsai and Chen won the presidential election in a landslide. Chen took up his post as Vice President on 20 May 2016.[16]

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Honours and awards

References

  1. ^ "八位新封聖大額我略爵士" (PDF). 天主教會台灣地區主教團. 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ^ "【禮儀】11/14 耶路撒冷聖墓騎士冊封大典". 耶穌會中華省. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Lu, Hsin-hui; Hou, Elaine (5 August 2016). "Taiwan's VP to attend Dominican Republic's presidential inauguration". Central News Agency. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  4. ^ Vice President Chien-Jen Chen, Academia Sinica
  5. ^ The 18th Session of the Board of Trustees
  6. ^ a b "Chen Chien-jen: Vice President of the Republic of China" (PDF). Taiwan Today. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d Hsu, Elizabeth (16 January 2016). "Chen Chien-jen vows to be more than just figurehead vice president". Central News Agency. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  8. ^ Chang, Yun-ping (17 May 2003). "Yu accepts DOH chief's resignation". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  9. ^ a b c Cyranoski, David (13 January 2016). "Taiwan's SARS hero poised to be vice-president". Nature. 529 (7585): 136–137. doi:10.1038/529136a. PMID 26762435.
  10. ^ Tseng, Chin-Hsiao; Chong, Choon-Khim; Tseng, Ching-Ping; Centeno, José A. (February 2007). "Blackfoot Disease in Taiwan: Its Link with Inorganic Arsenic Exposure from Drinking Water". Ambio. 36 (1): 82–84. doi:10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[82:bditil]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 4315790.
  11. ^ Cyranoski, David (17 April 2003). "Taiwan left isolated in fight against SARS". Nature. 422 (652). doi:10.1038/422652a. PMID 12700727.
  12. ^ Hsu, Stacy (17 Nov 2015). "DPP's Tsai picks Chen Chien-jen". Taipei Times. p. 1.
  13. ^ 副手是陳建仁？蔡英文：宣布了就知道 (in Chinese), United Daily News
  14. ^ "Academia Sinica VP confirmed as running mate of Tsai Ing-wen". Focus Taiwan. Central News Agency. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  15. ^ Tseng, Wei-chen (20 Dec 2015). "Reporter's Notebook: DPP's Chen in demand, KMT's Wang shunned". Taipei Times. p. 3.
  16. ^ Austin Ramzy: Tsai Ing-wen Sworn In as Taiwan’s President, as China Watches Closely. In: The New York Times, 19 May 2016.
  17. ^ a b 2005 Presidential Science Prize – Life Sciences – Academician Chien-Jen Chen (PDF), Ministry of Science and Technology
  18. ^ a b Raphaël Zbinden : „Un chevalier catholique à la tête de Taïwan", cath.ch, 20. Januar 2016 (fr.)
  19. ^ Lu, Hsin-hui; Kao, Evelyn (3 May 2017). "Vice president, WTO representative elected to NAS". Central News Agency. Retrieved 4 May 2017.


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