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Chen Chien-jen

Chen Chien-jen OS KSG KHS (Chinese: 陳建仁; pinyin: Chén Jiànrén; born 6 June 1951) is a Taiwanese epidemiologist, geneticist, and politician who served as Vice President of Taiwan from 2016 to 2020 and Premier of Taiwan from 2023 to 2024. He has been the president of Academia Sinica since 2026. 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.

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• ▸Dehumanization
• ▸Half-frame camera
• ▸Dermatoscopy

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