Chen Ching-min

Chen Ching-min (; born 2 May 1966) is a Taiwanese nurse, health scientist, and politician. The American Academy of Nursing and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland have awarded her fellowship. Politically, Chen is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party and has served as an appointed at-large member of the Legislative Yuan twice, from 2018 to 2020, and from 2022 to 2024.

Early life and education Chen was born in Taipei on 2 May 1966.

Chen was educated in the United States. She graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago with a bachelor's degree in nursing in 1990. In 2007, she completed a second doctorate, a Ph.D. in health policy, from Indiana University. While serving as a legislator, Chen retained her position as deputy director of the Taiwan Nurses Association. In 2019, she was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

After completing her partial term on the ninth Legislative Yuan, Chen resumed a professorship within the nursing department at the National Cheng Kung University. Chen became the first Taiwanese nurse to be named a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2022.

Political career Chen was placed on the Democratic Progressive Party proportional representation party list for the 2016 legislative elections, but not elected to office. However, Chen was appointed an at-large member of the Legislative Yuan on 9 November 2018, succeeding Chen Chi-mai, who resigned his legislative seat to contest the 2018 Kaohsiung mayoral election. While serving as a legislator, Chen advocated for Taiwanese healthcare professionals to join international medical organizations so Taiwanese could increase their participation at the 72nd World Health Assembly. She also drew attention to a Chinese health official's actions toward a Taiwanese participant at the July 2019 meeting of the International Council of Nurses, in which the Chinese delegate flipped the Taiwanese representative's name badge over, to cover the flag of the Republic of China. Following the election of Chou Chun-mi as Magistrate of Pingtung County, Chen was reappointed to the Legislative Yuan.