Chen Shih-chung
Chen Shih-chung | |||||||||||||
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陳時中 | |||||||||||||
Chen in 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Minister without Portfolio | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office 20 May 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Cho Jung-tai | ||||||||||||
| 4th Minister of Health and Welfare | |||||||||||||
| In office 8 February 2017 – 17 July 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Lin Chuan William Lai Su Tseng-chang | ||||||||||||
| Deputy | See list
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| Preceded by | Lin Tzou-yien | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Hsueh Jui-yuan | ||||||||||||
| In office 24 January 2020 – 17 July 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Su Tseng-chang | ||||||||||||
| Deputy | Chen Tsung-yen | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Chou Jih-haw | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Wang Pi-sheng | ||||||||||||
| National Policy Advisor to the President | |||||||||||||
| In office 20 May 2016 – 7 February 2017 | |||||||||||||
| President | Tsai Ing-wen | ||||||||||||
| Deputy Minister of Department of Health | |||||||||||||
| In office 29 June 2005 – 20 May 2008 | |||||||||||||
| Minister | Hou Sheng-mao | ||||||||||||
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| Born | December 27, 1952 | ||||||||||||
| Party | Democratic Progressive Party | ||||||||||||
| Spouse | Sun Wan-ling | ||||||||||||
| Children | 2 sons | ||||||||||||
| Education | Taipei Medical University (DDS) | ||||||||||||
| Profession | Dentist | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳時中 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈时中 | ||||||||||||
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Chen Shih-chung (Chinese: 陳時中; pinyin: Chén Shízhōng; born December 27, 1952) is a Taiwanese dental surgeon and politician. He served as the head of the Ministry of Health and Welfare from 2017 to 2022. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he gained widespread recognition as the leading authority on the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), he was the party's nominee to be the mayor of Taipei during the 2022 local elections, but lost to Chiang Wan-an.