11 Facts About Lee Ming-liang

Lee Ming-liang is a Taiwanese geneticist who led the Department of Health from 2000 to 2002.

Lee Ming-liang studied medicine at National Taiwan University, and later attended the University of Rochester in the United States.

Lee Ming-liang completed his pediatric residency training at Duke University and earned a Ph.

Lee Ming-liang was appointed Director-General of the Department of Health in April 2000 and took office on 20 May He launched a committee tasked with improving Taiwan's National Health Insurance, which was in severe debt at the time.

Lee Ming-liang promised proper enforcement of the new standards, including members of the Executive Yuan who smoked.

In October 2000, Lee Ming-liang submitted a written protest to the agency for leaving Taiwan off a list of polio-free countries, stating that Taiwan should be listed separately from China, which had not yet succeeded in eradicating the disease.

Lee Ming-liang again stated that it was unlikely for Taiwan to gain observer status in the WHO; though the government applied as a "health entity," it did so under the name Taiwan.

Lee Ming-liang, who had first expressed his desire to resign his position in February 2002, did so on 31 August for health reasons.

In 2012, Lee Ming-liang met with Central Tibetan Administration health minister Tsering Wangchuk.

Lee Ming-liang supported the Democratic Progressive Party ticket during the presidential election of 2016.

Lee Ming-liang signed a petition in April 2019 calling for William Lai and Tsai Ing-wen, contestants in the 2019 Democratic Progressive Party presidential primary, to join forces and form the party's ticket for the 2020 presidential election.