Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is the Executive Yuan ministry 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.
Former Ministry of Health and Welfare building in Nanjing.
Former Ministry of Health and Welfare building in Taipei (until 2014).
Ministry of Health and Welfare
Centers for Disease Control
The Executive Yuan is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Under the amended constitution, the head of the Executive Yuan is the Premier who is positioned as the head of government and has the power to appoint members to serve in the cabinet, while the ROC President is the head of state under the semi-presidential system, who can appoint the Premier and nominate the members of the cabinet. The Premier may be removed by a vote of no-confidence by a majority of the Legislative Yuan, after which the President may either remove the Premier or dissolve the Legislative Yuan and initiate a new election for legislators.
Executive Yuan
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Image: Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu (cropped)
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