Chen Chien-jen cabinet

Chen Chien-jen cabinet

51st premiership of Taiwan
Date formed31 January 2023 (2023-01-31)
Date dissolved20 May 2024
People and organisations
PresidentTsai Ing-wen
Head of governmentChen Chien-jen
Deputy head of governmentCheng Wen-tsan
Member partiesDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP)
Status in legislatureDPP majority, pan-green majority
(until 31st January 2024)
DPP minority, opposition majority
(since 1st February 2024)
Opposition partiesKuomintang
Opposition leaderEric Chu
History
Elections2020 Taiwanese legislative election
2024 Taiwanese legislative election
Legislature terms10th Legislative Yuan
11th Legislative Yuan
PredecessorSecond Su cabinet
SuccessorCho 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.

  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.