Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)

Ministry of Health and Welfare
Agency overview
衛生福利部 Wèishēng Fúlì Bù

Formed	17 March 1971 (as Department of Health) 23 July 2013 (as MOHW)
Preceding agency	Department of Health
Jurisdiction	Republic of China
Headquarters	Taipei City
Ministers responsible	Lin Tzou-yien, Minister Lu Pau-ching, Ho Chi-kung, Deputy Ministers Tsai Sen-tien, Vice Minister
Parent agency	Executive Yuan
Website	www.mohw.gov.tw

Former MOHW building

The Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Republic of China (MOHW; Chinese: 中華民國衛生福利部; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Wèishēng Fúlì Bù) is the ministry of the Republic of China responsible for the administration of the public health system, social welfare, affordable and universal health care, hospitals, pharmaceutical, immunization programs, disease prevention, supervision and coordination of local health agencies in Taiwan.^[1]

History

The ministry was originally established on 17 March 1971 as the Department of Health (DOH; Chinese: 衛生署; pinyin: Wèishēng Shǔ). The department was upgraded to Ministry of Health and Welfare on 23 July 2013 with the addition from the agencies in the Ministry of the Interior responsible for social welfare following restructuring of the Executive Yuan.

The original building of the MOHW was located at Datong District, Taipei when it was still named the Department of Health and being renamed Ministry of Health and Welfare. The Executive Yuan approved the construction for the new building of the then Department of Health in 2007 at Nangang District, Taipei. After years of planning and construction, the building was finally completed in May 2014. On 18 June 2014, the opening ceremony of the new MOHW building was attended by President Ma Ying-jeou, legislators, and representatives from various government agencies and related organizations.^[2]

Organizational structure

Ministry of Health and Welfare

Centers for Disease Control

Food and Drug Administration

Political departments

Department of Planning
Department of Social Insurance
Department of Social Assistance and Social Work
Department of Protective Service
Department of Nursing and Health Care
Department of Medical Affairs
Department of Mental and Oral Health
Department of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy

Administrative departments

Department of Secretarial Affairs
Department of Personnel
Department of Civil Service Ethics
Department of Accounting
Department of Statistics
Department of Information Management
Legal Affairs Committee
Hospital and Social Welfare Organizations Administration Commission
National Health Insurance Administration
National Health Insurance Dispute Mediation Committee
Health and Welfare Workers Training Center
Office of International Cooperation
National Pension Supervisory Committee

Agencies

Social and Family Affairs Administration
Centers for Disease Control
Food and Drug Administration
Health Promotion Administration
National Health Insurance Administration

List of Ministers

Lin Tzou-yien, the incumbent Minister of Health and Welfare

Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party Non-partisan/ unknown

№	Name	Term of Office		Days	Party	Premier
Minister of the Department of Health
1	Yen Chun-hui (顏春輝)	17 March 1971	25 June 1974	1196		Yen Chia-kan Chiang Ching-kuo
2	Wang Chin-mao (王金茂)	25 June 1974	9 May 1981	2510		Chiang Ching-kuo Sun Yun-suan
3	Hsu Tzu-chiu (許子秋)	9 May 1981	14 January 1986	1711		Sun Yun-suan Yu Kuo-hua
4	Shih Chun-jen (施純仁)	14 January 1986	2 June 1990	1600		Yu Kuo-hua Lee Huan
5	Chang Po-ya (張博雅)	2 June 1990	1 September 1997	2648	Independent	Hau Pei-tsun Lien Chan
6	Steve Chan (詹啟賢)	1 September 1997	19 May 2000	992	Kuomintang	Vincent Siew
7	Lee Ming-liang (李明亮)	20 May 2000	1 September 2002	834	Independent	Tang Fei Chang Chun-hsiung I Yu Shyi-kun
—	Twu Shiing-jer (涂醒哲)	1 September 2002	31 December 2002	121	Democratic Progressive Party	Yu Shyi-kun
8	Twu Shiing-jer (涂醒哲)	31 December 2002	18 May 2003	138	Democratic Progressive Party	Yu Shyi-kun
9	Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁)	18 May 2003	1 February 2005	625	Independent	Yu Shyi-kun
—	Wang Hsiu-hong (王秀紅)	2 February 2005	16 February 2005	14		Yu Shyi-kun
10	Hou Sheng-mao (侯勝茂)	17 February 2005	19 May 2008	1187		Frank Hsieh Su Tseng-chang Chang Chun-hsiung II
11	Lin Fang-you (林芳郁)	20 May 2008	25 September 2008	128		Liu Chao-shiuan Wu Den-yih
12	Yeh Ching-chuan (葉金川)	26 September 2008	6 August 2009	314	Kuomintang	Liu Chao-shiuan
13	Yang Chih-liang (楊志良)	6 August 2009	8 February 2011	551	Kuomintang	Liu Chao-shiuan Wu Den-yih
14	Chiu Wen-ta (邱文達)	8 February 2011	22 July 2013	895		Wu Den-yih Sean Chen Jiang Yi-huah
Minister of Health and Welfare (since 23 July 2013)
1	Chiu Wen-ta (邱文達)	23 July 2013	3 October 2014	438		Jiang Yi-huah
—	Lin Tzou-yien (林奏延)	3 October 2014	22 October 2014	19		Jiang Yi-huah
2	Chiang Been-huang (蔣丙煌)	22 October 2014	19 May 2016	575		Jiang Yi-huah Mao Chi-kuo Chang San-cheng
3	Lin Tzou-yien (林奏延)	20 May 2016	Incumbent	210		Lin Chuan

Transportation

The MOHW building is accessible within walking distance East from Kunyang Station of Taipei Metro.

References

External links

Ministry of Health and Welfare (Official Website) (Chinese)

Executive Yuan

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