Chiu Tai-yuan
Taiwanese politician
邱泰源
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Official portrait, 2019
Incumbent
20 May 2024
Chou Jih-haw
4 October 2016 – 1 February 2024
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Chiu Tai-yuan (Chinese: 邱泰源; born 30 October 1956) is a Taiwanese physician and politician who currently serves as the Health and Welfare Minister.[1]
Political career
In 2015, Chiu was nominated by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for the proportional representation constituency in the 2016 Taiwanese legislative election, listed 22nd in the party-list, but was not elected.
In October 2016, after legislator Hsu Kuo-yung transfer to the Executive Yuan serving as spokesperson, Chiu was elected by substitute. Chiu was re-elected in 2020.[2][3]
On 19 April 2024, then prime minister-designate Cho Jung-tai announced that Chiu will be the new minister of Health and Welfare in the new cabinet.[4]
Notes
References
- ^ "邱泰源將接掌衛福部 薛瑞元:可期待是好部長". Central News Agency (FocusTaiwan). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "接替徐國勇服務新竹縣 邱泰源服務處揭牌". 自由時報. 24 December 2016. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016.
- ^ "全國不分區 邱泰源". 自由時報. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "直播/賴政府第四波內閣 邱泰源衛福部長、彭啟明環境部長". 聯合報. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.