DZ
DefZone.Net

Kien thuc cong nghe & giai tri

  1. Home
  2. Wiki
Shih Chung-liang
石崇良
Official portrait, 2025
7th Minister of Health and Welfare
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 September 2025
Prime MinisterCho Jung-tai
Preceded byChiu Tai-yuan
Additional positions
2nd Executive Secretary of the Healthy Taiwan Promotion Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 September 2025
PresidentLai Ching-te
Preceded byChiu Tai-yuan
Member of the Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee
(Government Representative)
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 September 2025
PresidentLai Ching-te
Preceded byChiu Tai-yuan
1st Deputy Executive Secretary of the Healthy Taiwan Promotion Committee
In office
22 August 2024 – 31 August 2025
PresidentLai Ching-te
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byCheng Chun-sheng
3rd Director-General of the National Health Insurance Administration
In office
6 February 2023 – 31 August 2025
MinisterHsueh Jui-yuan
Chiu Tai-yuan
Preceded byLee Chen-hua (acting)
Succeeded byChen Liang-yu
Administrative Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare
In office
1 September 2020 – 5 February 2023
MinisterChen Shih-chung
Hsueh Jui-yuan
Succeeded byChou Jih-haw
Personal details
Born (1965-11-20) 20 November 1965 (age 60)
PartyIndependent
EducationKaohsiung Medical University (MD)
National Taiwan University (PhD)

Shih Chuh-liang (Chinese: 石崇良; born 20 November 1965)[1] is a Taiwanese physician who has served as Minister of Health and Welfare since 2025.

Education and career

[edit]

Shih attended medical school at Kaohsiung Medical University, where he earned a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) in 1991. After graduation, he was an attending physician in emergency medicine at National Taiwan University Hospital from 1998 to 2007.[2] While practicing, he earned his Ph.D. in public health, health policy, and health management from National Taiwan University in 2006.[3] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "An epidemiological study of adverse events in emergency medicine" (急診醫療不良事件之流行病學研究).[4]

From February 6, 2023, to August 31, 2025, Shih was the director-general of the National Health Insurance Administration [zh] of the Ministry of Health. Previously, he served as the ministry's head of medical affairs and as deputy health minister.[5] On August 30, 2025, he was confirmed to succeed Chiu Tai-yuan as health minister,[6] and took office on September 1st.[3] As minister, he took over supervision of the ministry's "Healthy Taiwan" initiative, aimed to increase sustainable development.[7]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Entry: Shih Chung-liang" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Central News Agency. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  2. ^ "About the Minister: Dr. Chung-Liang Shih". Ministry of Health and Welfare. 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Shih Chung-liang takes over as health minister - Focus Taiwan". Focus Taiwan. Central News Agency. 2025-09-01. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
  4. ^ "An epidemiological study of adverse events in emergency medicine" (PhD Thesis). National Central Library. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  5. ^ "NHIA head Shih Chung-liang appointed health minister". Focus Taiwan. Central News Agency. 2025-08-27. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
  6. ^ "Dr. Shih Chung-Ling appointed as Taiwan's new MHOW Minister". Liberty Times. August 30, 2025. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
  7. ^ Lee, I-chia (2025-09-03). "New health chief commits to 'Healthy Taiwan' project". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2025-11-10.