Chiu Tai-yuan

Chiu Tai-yuan
Chiu Tai-yuan
邱泰源
	Official portrait, 2019
6th Minister of Health and Welfare
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 May 2024
Prime Minister	Cho Jung-tai
Deputy	Lin Ching-yi; Chou Jih-haw
Preceded by	Hsueh Jui-yuan
Member of the Legislative Yuan
	In office; 4 October 2016 – 1 February 2024
Preceded by	Hsu Kuo-yung
Constituency	Party-list
Personal details
Born	October 30, 1956 (age 68)
Nationality	Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Education	China Medical University (MD); University of Tokyo (MHS)

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]

Education

Chiu enrolled in China Medical University in 1976 and graduated with his Doctor of Medicine in 1983. He then earned a Master of Health Science from the University of Tokyo in 1995.

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]

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^ "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.