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Chen Chien-jen Cabinet
The following is the cabinet of Chen Chien-jen, who was appointed as Premier of Taiwan on 31 January 2023 by President Tsai Ing-wen. He succeeded Su Tseng-chang, who had resigned in response to the Democratic Progressive Party's poor performance in the 2022 Taiwanese local elections. The Vice President of the Republic of China, vice president from 2016 to 2020, he is the second oldest individual to take office (after Lee Huan) at 71 years and 239 days. This is the 4th premiership of Tsai Ing-wen's Presidency of Tsai Ing-wen, presidency. Members Leaders Ministries Other roles Councils and Commissions Empowered by various laws, or even the Constitution, under the Executive Yuan Council several individual boards are formed to enforce different executive functions of the government. Unless regulated otherwise, the chairs are appointed by and answer to the Premier. The committee members of the boards are usually (a) governmental officials for the purpose of interdepartme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Chien-jen
Chen Chien-jen (; born 6 June 1951) is a Taiwanese epidemiologist, geneticist, 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. After earning a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, Chen was a medical researcher and 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. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Fu Jen Catholic University before running for the presidential election and served as Fu Jen's Robert J. Ronald Chai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidency Of Tsai Ing-wen
The presidency of Tsai Ing-wen officially began on 20 May 2016 when Tsai Ing-wen was inaugurated as the President of the Republic of China, seventh president of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan). Tsai, a member of the Democratic Progressive Party, took office following her landslide victory in the 2016 Taiwanese presidential election, 2016 presidential election over Kuomintang opponent Eric Chu and People First Party (Taiwan), People First opponent James Soong. Four years later, in the 2020 Taiwanese presidential election, 2020 election, Tsai defeated KMT nominee Han Kuo-yu for a second term. Tsai is the first woman to be elected as president of Taiwan, first Single person, unmarried president, and first president to be of both Hakka people, Hakka and Taiwanese aborigines, aboriginal descent (a quarter Paiwan people, Paiwan from her grandmother). She is the first President to have never held an elected executive post before serving as president, the first to be popularly elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Wu
Wu Jaushieh (; born October 31, 1954), also known by his English name Joseph Wu, is a Taiwanese political scientist and diplomat currently serving as secretary-general of the National Security Council since 2024. He was formerly the foreign minister from 2018 to 2024 and secretary-general to the presidential office of Tsai Ing-wen from 2017 to 2018. Wu graduated from National Chengchi University, and completed advanced studies in the United States at the University of Missouri and Ohio State University, where he earned a PhD. From 2007 to 2008, he was Chief Representative of Taiwan to the United States as the head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, D.C., having been appointed to that position by President Chen Shui-bian to succeed his predecessor, David Lee, who was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. On February 26, 2018, he succeeded Lee in that role as well. Early life and education Wu was born in Changhua, Taiwan, on October 31, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA; ) is a Executive Yuan, cabinet-level ministry of Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), and is responsible for the ROC's diplomacy and foreign relations of Taiwan, foreign relations. It is headquartered in the capital Taipei. The incumbent minister is Lin Chia-lung, who took office in 2024 and is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party. Article 141 of the Constitution of the Republic of China, ROC Constitution provides: "The foreign policy of the Republic of China shall, in a spirit of independence and initiative and on the basis of the principles of equality and reciprocity, cultivate good neighborliness with other nations, and respect treaties and the Charter of the United Nations, Charter of the United Nations, in order to protect the rights and interests of overseas Chinese, overseas compatriots, promote international cooperation, advance international law, international justice and ensure world peace." In accordance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Yu-chang
Lin Yu-chang (; born 10 March 1971) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese politician who is the Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party since June 2024. Previously, he served as the Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan), Minister of the Interior from January 2023 to May 2024, Mayor of Keelung, Mayor of Keelung City from December 2014 to December 2022, and he also shortly served as the Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party, acting Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party from November 2018 to January 2019. Education Lin earned his bachelor's degree in landscape architecture from Chinese Culture University and master's degree in building and planning from National Taiwan University. Mayor of Keelung City 2014 Keelung mayoral election Lin was elected as the Mayor of Keelung City after winning the 2014 Taiwan local elections, 2014 Keelung City mayoral election held on 29 November 2014. 2018 Keelung mayoral election See also * Mayor of Keelung References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of The Interior (Taiwan)
The Ministry of the Interior (MOI; ) is a cabinet level ministry under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It is the ministry responsible for home affairs and security throughout Taiwan, including population, land, construction, military service administration, national emergency services, local administration systems, law enforcement. Core functions It closely monitors the rights of the residents and every aspect of national development to ensure steady progress of the nation, strengthen social peace and order, and upgrade the quality of citizens' lives. The Ministry strives to achieve the following: # Accomplish government reform to boost government vitality; # Care for the minorities; # Promote a fair military service system; # Implement pragmatic growth management to promote sustainable development; # Reinforce police administration reform; # Strengthen crisis management to build a comprehensive disaster prevention system; # Manage the goals to rebuild t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Meng-yen
Li Meng-yen (; born 12 December 1966) is a Taiwanese politician and engineer. He has served as the minister of Transportation and Communications from May to August 2024 and secretary-general of the Executive Yuan from January 2019 to May 2024. In an acting capacity, he was mayor of Tainan from September 2017 to December 2018 and Executive Yuan spokesperson from November 2020 to February 2021. Education Li graduated with his bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from National Chung Hsing University and earned a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in hydrology and engineering from the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands. Political career Li had been the assistant engineer and branch head of Housing and Urban Development Bureau of Taiwan Provincial Government. At the Taipei County Government, he had been the section chief and technical specialist of Public Works Bureau and acting and vice director-general of Water Resource Bureau and secretary. At the Publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Secretaries-General Of The Executive Yuan
The secretary-general of the Executive Yuan is the chief of staff of the Executive Yuan, the executive branch of the Taiwan central government, who handles administrative affairs, and is assisted by two deputy secretaries-general. List Political party: See also * Executive Yuan * Government of the Republic of China * Politics of the Republic of China References {{reflist External links Secretary-General, Spokesperson Executive Yuan Lists of Taiwanese politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
