Yeh Ching-chuan

{{Short description|Taiwanese physician and epidemiologist (born 1950)}}

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| name = Yeh Ching-chuan

| native_name = {{nobold|葉金川}}

| native_name_lang = zh-hant

| image = Yeh Ching-chuan 2023-10-20 01 (cropped).jpg

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| nationality = Taiwanese

| office1 = 12th Minister of Department of Health of the Republic of China

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| term_start1 = 26 September 2008

| term_end1 = 6 August 2009

| predecessor1 = Lin Fang-yue

| successor1 = Yang Chih-liang

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1950|6|29}}

| birth_place = Dadaocheng, Datong, Taipei, Taiwan

| party = Kuomintang

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| education = National Taiwan University (MB, MPH)
Harvard University (MS)

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Yeh Ching-chuan ({{zh|c=葉金川|p=Yè Jīnchuān}}; born 29 June 1950) is a Taiwanese physician and epidemiologist.

Education

Yeh attended medical school at National Taiwan University, where he earned a Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.) in 1975 and a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) in 1977. He then pursued graduate studies in the United States at Harvard University, where he earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 1981.{{cite news|title=2012 Alumni Award of Merit: Ching-Chuan Yeh, MPH '81|url=http://alumni.sph.harvard.edu/s/1319/02-HSPH/index.aspx?sid=1319&gid=2&pgid=599|access-date=15 June 2016|publisher=Harvard University}}{{cite news |title=Who's Who in the ROC |url=http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Upload/WebArchive/4695/Who's%20Who%20in%20the%20ROC.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020105104/http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Upload/WebArchive/4695/Who%27s%20Who%20in%20the%20ROC.pdf |archivedate=20 October 2016 |accessdate=5 May 2016 |pages= |agency=Executive Yuan}}

Political career

Yeh served as deputy mayor of Taipei under Ma Ying-jeou,{{cite news|last1=Chuang|first1=Jimmy|title=Ma stays put to deal with furor over comatose girl|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/01/16/2003219599|access-date=15 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=16 January 2005}} and was named a deputy secretary general of the presidential office at the start of Ma's first presidential term in 2008.{{cite news|last1=Mo|first1=Yan-chih|title=Ma picks top Presidential Office aides|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2008/04/20/2003409787|access-date=15 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=20 April 2008}} He later replaced Lin Fang-yue as health minister in September 2008. In May 2009, the 2009 flu pandemic reached Taiwan.{{cite news|last1=Chuang|first1=Jimmy|title=Taiwan reports first case of A(H1N1) flu|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2009/05/21/2003444145|access-date=15 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=21 May 2009}}{{cite news|last1=Chuang|first1=Jimmy|title=CDC confirms first domestic flu case|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2009/05/26/2003444582|access-date=15 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=26 May 2009}} Before it abated, Yeh resigned his position on 3 August to run for the Hualien County magistracy, but lost a primary to Tu Li-hua.{{cite news|last1=Mo|first1=Yan-chih|title=ANALYSIS: Ma facing challenges with KMT|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/07/27/2003449685|access-date=15 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=27 July 2009}}{{cite news|last1=Hsu|first1=Jenny W.|last2=Mo|first2=Yan-chih|last3=Wang|first3=Flora|title=Yeh's loss shows lack of confidence in Ma, DPP says|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/09/02/2003452613|access-date=15 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=2 September 2009}}

In 2014, he was selected to lead a committee that explored possible changes to the National Health Insurance program.{{cite news|last1=Hsu|first1=Stacy|title=Health insurance proposals panned|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/10/04/2003601238|access-date=15 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=4 October 2014}} Yeh later chaired the Taiwan Blood Services Foundation, resigning the position in 2017.{{cite news|last1=Wu|first1=Liang-yi|last2=Chung|first2=Jake|title=Donated blood not used for plasma as bags are too small|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/03/10/2003641254|access-date=15 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=10 March 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Chang|first1=Ming-hsuan|last2=Ku|first2=Chuan|last3=Low|first3=Y. F.|title=Chairman of Taiwan Blood Services Foundation resigns|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201701120020.aspx|access-date=12 January 2017|agency=Central News Agency|date=12 January 2017}}

References

Category:1950 births

Category:Living people

Category:Deputy mayors of Taipei

Category:Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan

Category:Ministers of health and welfare of Taiwan

Category:Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni

Category:National Taiwan University alumni