Lin Tzou-yien
| Lin Tzou-yien | |
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| 林奏延 | |
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| Minister of Health and Welfare of the Republic of China (Designated) | |
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Taking office 20 May 2016 | |
| Succeeding | Chiang Been-huang |
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In office 3 October 2014 – 22 October 2014 | |
| Deputy | Tseng Chung-ming |
| Vice | Shiu Ming-neng |
| Preceded by | Chiu Wen-ta |
| Succeeded by | Chiang Been-huang |
| Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare of the Republic of China | |
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Assumed office 22 October 2014 | |
| Minister | Chiang Been-huang |
| Deputy | Tseng Chung-ming |
| Vice | Shiu Ming-neng |
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In office 2011 – 3 October 2014 | |
| Minister | Chiu Wen-ta |
| Vice | Shiu Ming-neng |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 October 1948 Taiwan |
| Nationality |
 Republic of China |
| Alma mater |
Taipei Medical College University at Buffalo, The State University of New York University of Texas |
Lin Tzou-yien (Chinese: 林奏延; pinyin: Lín Zòuyán) is Taiwanese physician. He was the deputy Minister of Health and Welfare and served as acting Minister in October 2014 upon the resignation of Chiu Wen-ta. Upon the appointment of Chiang Been-huang, Lin returned to his previous post until he promoted again to head the ministry as part of Lin Chuan's incoming cabinet, scheduled to take office on 20 May 2016.
Medical career
Lin studied at the Taipei Medical College from 1966 to 1973 and spent the 1980s abroad in the United States, serving as a fellow at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas and later in the same position at the State University of New York at Buffalo. In 1984, he returned to Taiwan and began working for the Chang Gung hospital system.[1] He was the superintendent of Chang Gung Children's Hospital until 2011.[2]
ROC Department of Health Ministry
Later that year, Lin began working as a deputy minister of the Department of Health.[3]
In early April 2013 during the H7N9 flu virus outbreak, Lin gave a statement that expressed confidence in Taiwan's ability to develop its own vaccine against the virus without any collaboration with Mainland China. Speaking at the Central Epidemic Command Center, he further added that the ROC government had prepared a team to produce the vaccine with the collaboration with local manufacturers.[4]
After head health minster Chiu Wen-ta resigned on 3 October 2014 to take responsibility for a food scandal involving tainted oil, Lin was named acting minister.[5] He was subsequently replaced by Chiang Been-huang on 22 October.[6] On 7 April 2016, Tsai Ing-wen's designated premier Lin Chuan named Lin Tzou-yien the next leader of the health ministry.[7] He is to take office on 20 May 2016.
References
- ↑ "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Taiwan Society of Internal Medicine. 23 August 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ↑ "Pfizer Taiwan introduces new vaccine to combat pneumonia". China Post. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ↑ "TAITRA launches Taiwan medical tourism app". Taiwan Today. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ↑ "Taiwan, China won't cooperate on H7N9 vaccine: official". China Post. Central News Agency. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ↑ Tang, Pei-chun; Wu, Lilian (3 October 2014). "Deputy health minister to fill Chiu's vacancy for time being". Central News Agency. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ↑ Hsiao, Alison; Hsu, Stacy (23 October 2014). "Cabinet launches Food Safety Office". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ↑ Yeh, Sophia; Lu, Hsin-hui; Chang, S.C. (7 April 2016). "New health minister announced early so he can get WHA invitation". Central News Agency. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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