Chen Chien-jen
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| 10th President of the Academia Sinica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Assuming office 21 June 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Lai Ching-te | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeding | James C. Liao | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28th Premier of the Republic of China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 31 January 2023 – 20 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Tsai Ing-wen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice Premier | Cheng Wen-tsan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Su Tseng-chang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Cho Jung-tai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 President of the Academia Sinica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 18 October 2011 – 16 November 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Chi-Huey Wong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Andrew H. J. Wang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Andrew H. J. Wang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 6 June 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | DPP (after 2022) Independent (before 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS, MPH) Johns Hopkins University (DSc) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fields | Genetic epidemiology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thesis | A twin study of blood pressure, serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels in Chinese adolescents (1983) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Pien-Chien Huang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳建仁 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈建仁 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chen Chien-jen OS KSG KHS (Chinese: 陳建仁; born 6 June 1951) is a Taiwanese epidemiologist, geneticist, and politician who served as Vice President of the Republic of China from 2016 to 2020 and Premier of the Republic of China from 2023 to 2024.
After earning his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University, Chen was a professor of medicine at National Taiwan University and served as the head of the Ministry of Health from 2003 to 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 the vice president of the Republic of China 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 Chair Professor after leaving office.