Chen Chien-jen

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Chen Chien-jen KSG/DSG
KSG[1] KHS[2]
陳建仁
File:Vice President Chen Chien-jen.png
Vice President of the Republic of China
Assumed office
20 May 2016
President Tsai Ing-wen
Preceded by Wu Den-yih
Minister of Health
In office
18 May 2003 – 1 February 2005
Preceded by Twu Shiing-jer
Succeeded by Hou Sheng-mao
Minister of the National Science Council
In office
25 January 2006 – 19 May 2008
Deputy Yang Hung-duen
Preceded by Maw-Kuen Wu
Succeeded by Lee Lou-chuang
Personal details
Born (1951-06-06) 6 June 1951 (age 73)
Cishan, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan (now part of Kaohsiung)
Political party Independent
Alma mater National Taiwan University
Johns Hopkins University
Profession Epidemiologist
Religion Roman Catholicism
Signature Chen Chien-jen's signature

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Chen Chien-jen (Chinese: 陳建仁; pinyin: Chén Jiànrén; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Kiàn-jîn, 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.[3] He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Fu Jen Catholic University.[4]

Career as researcher

His father was former Kaohsiung County Magistrate Chen Hsin-an.[5] Chen attended the National Taiwan University, and received his Sc.D in human genetics and epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University. He began his medical career by researching hepatitis B, and helped raise awareness about vaccination for the disease in Taiwan.[5] Chen further researched on the liver cancer risk of people with hepatitis B.[6] Chen also discovered a link from arsenic to blackfoot disease.[5][7] The arsenic research lead to the revision of international health standards for arsenic exposure.[6]

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,[6] despite Taiwan's non-membership in the World Health Organization complicating the coordination of research efforts.[8] 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[9] after media speculation earlier in the month.[10][11] 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.[12] 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.[13]

e • d Summary of the 16 January 2016 Republic of China presidential election results
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
President Vice president
Green Taiwan in White Cross.svg Democratic Progressive Party Tsai Ing-wen Chen Chien-jen 6,894,744 56.12%
 
Emblem of the Kuomintang.svg Kuomintang Eric Chu Li-luan Wang Ju-hsuan 3,813,365 31.04%
 
LogoPFP.svg People First Party James Soong Chu-yu Hsu Hsin-ying 1,576,861 12.84%
 
Total 12,284,970 100%

Honours and awards

References

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  13. ↑ Austin Ramzy: Tsai Ing-wen Sworn In as Taiwan’s President, as China Watches Closely. In: The New York Times, 19 May 2016.
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  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Raphaël Zbinden : „Un chevalier catholique à la tête de Taïwan“, cath.ch, 20. Januar 2016 (fr.)
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