Chen Junne-jih

2nd Minister of AgricultureAssumed office
21 September 2023^{[note 1]}Prime MinisterChen Chien-jen
Cho Jung-taiPreceded byChen Chi-chung1st Deputy Minister of AgricultureAssumed office
1 August 2023MinisterChen Chi-chung
Himself (acting)Preceded byMinistry established^[a]Succeeded byHu Chung-yi In office
March 2019 – 1 August 2023MinisterChen Chi-chung
Himself (acting)Succeeded byCouncil abolished^[b] Personal detailsBorn1958 (age 65–66)
TaiwanNationalityTaiwanPolitical partyIndependent

Chen Junne-jih (Chinese: 陳駿季; born 1958) is a Taiwanese agronomist and politician who currently serves as the Agriculture Minister of Taiwan^[1] since 2023.

Education

• Bachelor, Department of Agronomy, National Chung Hsing University (1976–1980)
• Master, Department of Agronomy, National Chung Hsing University (1980–1982)
• Ph.D., Department of Agronomy, National Chung Hsing University (1986–1990)

Political career

Chen served for many different position in the Council of Agriculture of the Executive Yuan from 1999 to 2023.

During his career in the Council of Agriculture, he served as the associate researcher, section chief and researcher to deputy director of Taiwan Seed Improvement and Propagation Station from 1999 to 2007. And researcher, deputy director general to director general Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute from 2008 to 2019. On March 2019, Chen was appointed at the political deputy minister of the Council of Agriculture.^[2]

Following the dissolution of the Council of Agriculture and the formation of the Ministry of Agriculture in 2023, Chen was again promoted as the deputy minister of Agriculture. However, minister Chen Chi-chung resigned after one month of the formation of the Ministry of Agriculture due to the controversy over imported eggs. Chen, as the deputy minister served as acting minister until next year. During his acting ministership, he was highly acknowledged for well-explaining and processing the egg controversy. He was appointed 2nd minister of Agriculture in the Cho cabinet.^[3]

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