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{{Short description|Taiwanese medical educator}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Qiū (surname)|Chiu]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Chiu Wen-ta
| native_name         = {{nobold|邱文達}}
| native_name_lang    = zh-hant
| image               = File:Wen-Ta Chiu from VOA.jpg
| caption             =
| nationality         = [[Republic of China]]
| office1             = Minister of [[Ministry of Health and Welfare (Republic of China)|Health and Welfare]] of the [[Republic of China]]
| deputy1             = [[Lin Tzou-yien]], [[Tseng Chung-ming]]
| 1blankname1         = Vice
| 1namedata1          = [[Shiu Ming-neng]]
| term_start1         = 23 July 2013
| term_end1           = 3 October 2014
| predecessor1        = Himself as the ''Minister of Department of Health''
| successor1          = [[Lin Tzou-yien]] (acting)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201410030038.aspx|title=Deputy health minister to fill Chiu's vacancy for time being|date=3 October 2014 |publisher=}}</ref><br />[[Chiang Been-huang]]
| office2             = Minister of [[Ministry of Health and Welfare (Republic of China)|Department of Health]] of the [[Republic of China]]
| deputy2             = [[Lin Tzou-yien]], [[Tseng Chung-ming]], [[Shiu Ming-neng]]
| term_start2         = 8 February 2011
| term_end2           = 22 July 2013
| predecessor2        = [[Yang Chih-liang]]
| successor2          = Himself as ''Minister of Health and Welfare''
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1950|7|21|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Miaoli County]], [[Taiwan]]
| party               =
| spouse              =
| children            =
| signature           =
| education           = [[Chung Shan Medical University]] ([[M. D.|MD]])<br />[[Stanford University]]<br />[[University of Pittsburgh]] ([[M. P. H.|MPH]], [[PhD]])<br />[[Nihon University]] ([[DSc]])
}}
'''Chiu Wen-ta''' ({{zh|c=邱文達|p=Qiū Wéndá}}; born 21 July 1950) is a Taiwanese medical educator.<ref>http://www.ubv.ro/honoris/CV%20Wen-Ta%20Chiu.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> He was the Minister of [[Ministry of Health and Welfare (Republic of China)|Health and Welfare]] (formerly the Minister of the Department of Health) of the [[Executive Yuan]] from 2011 to 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Member_Info.aspx?n=FA0EE271955178E3&s=CD1509A03352BF07 |title=Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)-Executive Yuan Officials |publisher=Ey.gov.tw |date= |accessdate=2014-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mohw.gov.tw/EN/Ministry/DM2_P.aspx?f_list_no=505&fod_list_no=210&doc_no=29518 |title=The Minister |publisher=Mohw.gov.tw |date=2013-07-23 |accessdate=2014-04-29}}</ref><ref name="taipeitimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/10/04/2003601216|title=Health minister quits over lard scandal|date=4 October 2014|publisher=}}</ref>
== Education ==
Chiu entered [[Chung Shan Medical University]] in 1970 and graduated in 1975 with a [[Doctor of Medicine]] (MD). In 1986, Chiu spent a year as a research fellow at [[Stanford University]] then earned a [[Master of Public Health]] (MPH) from the [[University of Pittsburgh]], where he also earned a [[Ph.D.]] in public health in 1989. In 1991, he obtained a [[Doctor of Science]] (DSc) from [[Nihon University]] in neuroscience.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wen-Ta Chiu |url=https://hub.tmu.edu.tw/en/persons/wen-ta-chiu |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Taipei Medical University |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Early career==
Prior to joining politics, Chiu had served extensively at the [[Taipei Medical University]]. He began his career in 1985 as a lecturer, associate professor and end up as professor of the School of Medicine. In 1993, he became the dean of the School of Public Health and administrative deputy superintendent at the [[Taipei Medical University Hospital]]. In 1997, he became the superintendent of the university's Wan Fang Hospital. In 2000, he became the dean of the Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control and the vice principal in 2004. In 2008 he became the superintendent of the university's Shuang Ho Hospital as well as principal of the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mohw.gov.tw/EN/Ministry/DM2_P.aspx?f_list_no=505&fod_list_no=210&doc_no=29518|title=Ministry of Health and Welfare - The Minister -|publisher=}}</ref>
==ROC Department of Health Ministry==
===2013 H7N9 flu virus outbreak===
[[File:Ministry of Health and Welfare (Republic of China) officer on Legislative Yuan (1).jpg|thumb|Chiu during the [[Influenza A virus subtype H7N9|2013 H7N9 flu virus outbreak]].]]
In early April 2013 during the [[Influenza A virus subtype H7N9|H7N9 flu virus outbreak]], Chiu gave a statement on behalf of the ROC Department of Health that they have classified H7N9 virus as category five notifiable disease. He also added that the department will raise the quarantine alert of the virus from Grade 2 to Grade 3. He also appointed [[Chang Feng-yee]] (張峰義) as the Director-General of the [[Centers for Disease Control (Republic of China)|Centers for Disease Control]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/04/04/2003558743 |title=DOH rings bird flu alarm bells |publisher=Taipei Times |date=2014-04-22 |accessdate=2014-04-29}}</ref>
==ROC Health and Welfare Ministry==
===Ministry of Health and Welfare renaming from Department of Health===
During the opening ceremony of the newly renamed Ministry of Health and Welfare from Department of Health on 23 July 2013, Chiu said that he looks forward for a society free from poverty and illness, and to foster maximum well-being of the Taiwanese people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/07/24/384603/Health-Department.htm |title=Health Department becomes Ministry of Health & Welfare |publisher=The China Post |date=2013-07-24 |accessdate=2014-04-29}}</ref>
===Chang Chi Foodstuff Factory Co cooking oil scandal===
Responding to the [[2013 Taiwan food scandal|scandal]] regarding the adulterating and mislabeling of cooking oil made by Chang Chi Foodstuff Factory Co. in October 2013, Chiu said that he will take full responsibility for cracking down on the 'black-hearted' food suppliers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/10/24/2003575261 |title=Ma vows tougher food inspections |publisher=Taipei Times |date=2014-04-22 |accessdate=2014-04-29}}</ref>
===Resignation===
Chiu resigned from his ministerial position on 3 October 2014 as a political responsibility due to the [[2014 Taiwan food scandal|tainted lard oil scandal]] that had hit Taiwanese food industry which began in early September 2014. He ensured that there were no longer substandard lard oil products on shelves in Taiwan and that all of the responsible parties had been handed over to the prosecutor's office. He announced his resignation during a press conference at 8:00&nbsp;p.m. held by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Chiu said that he would return to his previous neurological research field.<ref name="taipeitimes.com"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2014/10/04/418671/Health-minister.htm |title=Health minister announces resignation over tainted oil case - the China Post |access-date=2014-10-03 |archive-date=2014-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006145114/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2014/10/04/418671/Health-minister.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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[[Category:Ministers of health and welfare of Taiwan]]
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[[Category:Taiwanese educators]]
[[Category:University of Pittsburgh alumni]]
[[Category:Nihon University alumni]]
[[Category:Chung Shan Medical University alumni]]