Lin Tzou-yien
{{Short description|Taiwanese physician}}
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| native_name = {{nobold|林奏延}}
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| nationality = Republic of China
| office1 = Minister of Health and Welfare of the Republic of China
| deputy1 = Lu Pau-ching, Ho Chi-kung
| 1blankname1 = Vice
| 1namedata1 = Shiu Ming-neng
Tsai Sen-tien
| term_start1 = 20 May 2016
| term_end1 = 7 February 2017
| predecessor1 = Chiang Been-huang
| successor1 = Chen Shih-chung
| deputy2 = Tseng Chung-ming
| 1blankname2 = Vice
| 1namedata2 = Shiu Ming-neng
| term_start2 = 3 October 2014
| term_end2 = 22 October 2014 (acting)
| predecessor2 = Chiu Wen-ta
| successor2 = Chiang Been-huang
| office3 = Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare of the Republic of China
| minister3 = Chiang Been-huang
| deputy3 = Tseng Chung-ming
| 1blankname3 = Vice
| 1namedata3 = Shiu Ming-neng
| term_start3 = 22 October 2014
| term_end3 = 20 May 2016
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| minister4 = Chiu Wen-ta
| 1blankname4 = Vice
| 1namedata4 = Shiu Ming-neng
| term_start4 = 2011
| term_end4 = 3 October 2014
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|10|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Taiwan
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| education = Taipei Medical College (MD)
University of Buffalo
University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas
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Lin Tzou-yien ({{zh|t=林奏延|p=Lín Zòuyán}}; born 28 October 1948) is a 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 was promoted again to head the ministry as part of Lin Chuan's incoming cabinet, which took office on 20 May 2016. Lin was succeeded in office by Chen Shih-chung on 7 February 2017.
Education and medical career
Lin earned his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from Taipei Medical College in 1973 and spent the 1980s abroad in the United States, serving fellowships at the State University of New York at Buffalo and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas. In 1984, he returned to Taiwan and began working for the Chang Gung hospital system.{{cite news|title=Curriculum Vitae|url=http://www.tsim.org.tw/article/A95/abstract/10-afternoon/Rm102/CV_Tzou-Yien-Lin.pdf|accessdate=10 April 2016|agency=Taiwan Society of Internal Medicine|date=23 August 2006}} He was the superintendent of Chang Gung Children's Hospital until 2011.{{cite news|title=Pfizer Taiwan introduces new vaccine to combat pneumonia|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2011/04/14/298594/Pfizer-Taiwan.htm|accessdate=10 April 2016|work=China Post|date=14 April 2011}}
ROC Department of Health Ministry
Later that year, Lin began working as a deputy minister of the Department of Health.{{cite news|title=TAITRA launches Taiwan medical tourism app|url=http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=182077&ctNode=2183|accessdate=10 April 2016|work=Taiwan Today|date=8 December 2011}}
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.{{cite news|title=Taiwan, China won't cooperate on H7N9 vaccine: official|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/04/10/375617/Taiwan-China.htm|accessdate=10 April 2016|work=China Post|agency=Central News Agency|date=10 April 2013}}
After head health minister Chiu Wen-ta resigned on 3 October 2014 to take responsibility for a food scandal involving tainted oil, Lin was named acting minister.{{cite news|last1=Tang|first1=Pei-chun|last2=Wu|first2=Lilian|title=Deputy health minister to fill Chiu's vacancy for time being|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201410030038.aspx|accessdate=10 April 2016|agency=Central News Agency|date=3 October 2014}} He was subsequently replaced by Chiang Been-huang on 22 October.{{cite news|last1=Hsiao|first1=Alison|last2=Hsu|first2=Stacy|title=Cabinet launches Food Safety Office|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/10/23/2003602700/1|accessdate=10 April 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=23 October 2014}} On 7 April 2016, Tsai Ing-wen's designated premier Lin Chuan named Lin Tzou-yien the next leader of the health ministry.{{cite news|last1=Yeh|first1=Sophia|last2=Lu|first2=Hsin-hui|last3=Chang|first3=S.C.|title=New health minister announced early so he can get WHA invitation|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201604070031.aspx|accessdate=10 April 2016|agency=Central News Agency|date=7 April 2016}} He took office on 20 May 2016.
At the World Health Assembly On 25 May 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland, Lin delivered the 5-minute speech representing Chinese Taipei. He called for the sound participation of Chinese Taipei in World Health Organization. The speech was delivered fully in English without mentioning the word Taiwan, although at one point he was referring to the "Taiwanese population".{{cite web|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/intl-community/2016/05/26/467324/Health-minister.htm|date=26 May 2016|title=Health minister Lin Tzou-yien addresses WHA|publisher=The China Post|accessdate=4 February 2017}}
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Category:Ministers of health and welfare of Taiwan
Category:Taipei Medical University alumni
Category:University at Buffalo alumni
Category:University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center alumni
Category:Taiwanese expatriates in the United States
Category:Taiwanese hospital administrators
Category:21st-century Taiwanese politicians
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