Chen Chien-jen cabinet

The following is the cabinet of Chen Chien-jen, who was appointed as Premier of Taiwan on 31 January 2023 by President Tsai Ing-wen.^[1][2] He succeeded Su Tseng-chang, who had resigned in response to the Democratic Progressive Party's poor performance in the 2022 Taiwanese local elections.^[3] The vice president from 2016 to 2020, he is the second oldest individual to take office (after Lee Huan) at 71 years and 239 days. This is the 4th premiership of Tsai Ing-wen's presidency.

Chen Chien-jen cabinet
51st premiership of Taiwan
Date formed	31 January 2023 (2023-01-31)
Date dissolved	20 May 2024
People and organisations
President	Tsai Ing-wen
Head of government	Chen Chien-jen
Deputy head of government	Cheng Wen-tsan
Member parties	Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
Status in legislature	DPP majority, pan-green majority (until 31st January 2024) DPP minority, opposition majority (since 1st February 2024)
Opposition parties	Kuomintang
Opposition leader	Eric Chu
History
Elections	2020 Taiwanese legislative election 2024 Taiwanese legislative election
Legislature terms	10th Legislative Yuan 11th Legislative Yuan
Predecessor	Second Su cabinet
Successor	Cho cabinet

Members

Leaders

Name		Leader
English Name	Chinese
Premier	院長		Chen Chien-jen
Vice Premier	副院長		Cheng Wen-tsan
Secretary-General	秘書長		Li Meng-yen

Ministries

Name		Minister
English Name	Chinese
Interior	內政部		Lin Yu-chang
Foreign Affairs	外交部		Joseph Wu
National Defense	國防部		Chiu Kuo-cheng
Finance	財政部		Chuang Tsui-yun
Education	教育部		Pan Wen-chung
Justice	法務部		Tsai Ching-hsiang
Economic Affairs	經濟部		Wang Mei-hua
Transportation and Communications	交通部		Wang Kwo-tsai
Labor	勞動部		Hsu Ming-chun
Health and Welfare	衛生福利部		Hsueh Jui-yuan
Culture	文化部		Shih Che
Digital Affairs	數位發展部		Audrey Tang
Agriculture (since 1 August 2023)	農業部		Chen Junne-jih (Acting)
Environment (since 22 August 2023)	環境部		Shieu Fuh-Sheng

Other roles

Name		Leader
English Name	Chinese
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		Lin Wan-i
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		Wu Tsung-tsong
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		Chang Ching-sen
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		John Deng
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		Lo Ping-cheng
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		Wu Tze-cheng
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		Kung Ming-hsin
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		Chang Tzi-chin
Spokesperson	發言人		Lin Tze-luen

Councils and Commissions

Empowered by various laws, or even the Constitution, under the Executive Yuan Council several individual boards are formed to enforce different executive functions of the government. Unless regulated otherwise, the chairs are appointed by and answer to the Premier. The committee members of the boards are usually (a) governmental officials for the purpose of interdepartmental coordination and cooperation; or (b) creditable professionals for their reputation and independence.

  To become a ministry

  To be merged into other organs

Name		Chair
English Name	Chinese
National Development Council	國家發展委員會		Kung Ming-hsin
Mainland Affairs Council	大陸委員會		Chiu Tai-san
Financial Supervisory Commission	金融監督管理委員會		Huang Tien-Mu
Ocean Affairs Council	海洋委員會		Kuan Bi-ling
Overseas Community Affairs Council	僑務委員會		Hsu Chia-ching
Veterans Affairs Council	國軍退除役官兵輔導委員會		Feng Shih-kuan
Council of Indigenous Peoples	原住民族委員會		Icyang Parod
Hakka Affairs Council	客家委員會		Yiong Con-ziin
Public Construction Commission	公共工程委員會		Wu Tze-cheng
Atomic Energy Council	原子能委員會		Chang Ching-wen
Science and Technology Council	國家科學及技術委員會		Wu Tsung-tsong

Independent Commissions

There are, or would be, independent executive commissions under the Executive Yuan Council. The chiefs of these five institutions would not be affected by any change of the Premier. However, the related organic laws are currently under revision.

Name		Chair
English Name	Chinese
Central Election Commission	中央選舉委員會		Lee Chin-yung
Fair Trade Commission	公平交易委員會		Lee Mei
National Communications Commission	國家通訊傳播委員會		Chen Yaw-shyang

Other organs

  To become a ministry

  To be merged into other organs

Name		Leader
English Name	Chinese
Central Bank	中央銀行		Yang Chin-long
National Palace Museum	國立故宮博物院		Hsiao Tsung-huang
Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics	主計總處		Chu Tzer-ming
Directorate-General of Personnel Administration	人事行政總處		Su Chun-jung

References

1. Kao, Evelyn; Chen, Christie (25 January 2023). "Ex-VP Chen Chien-jen expected to be named new premier Friday". Central News Agency. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
2. Shan, Shelley (26 January 2022). "Ex-vice president to be next premier". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
3. "Ex-VP Chen Chien-jen appointed premier - Focus Taiwan". focustaiwan.tw. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.