Chen Shih-chung
Taiwanese politician and dentist
Chen Shih-chung (Chinese: 陳時中; pinyin: Chén Shízhōng; born December 27, 1952) is a Taiwanese dental surgeon and politician. He served as the head of the Ministry of Health and Welfare from 2017 to 2022. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he gained widespread recognition as the leading authority on the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), he was the party's nominee to be the mayor of Taipei during the 2022 local elections, but lost to Chiang Wan-an.
Early life and education
Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan, on December 27, 1952. On his father's side, he was descended from a prominent academic family in Kaohsiung. One of his aunts, Sun Chen-ching (孫陳錦), was a centenarian who worked as designer for Nippon Light Metal. His father, Chen Chi-yen (陳棋炎), was a professor of civil law at National Taiwan University who was educated in Japan. During the White Terror, Chi-yen was a minor political dissident in Taiwan.
In 1968, Chen began attending Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School.
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