Hsueh Jui-yuan
薛瑞元
Official portrait, 2022
Minister of Health and Welfare
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 July 2022
Premier	Su Tseng-chang Chen Chien-jen
Deputy	Victor Wang, Lee Li-Feng
Vice	Shih Chung-Liang
Preceded by	Chen Shih-chung
Vice Minister of Health and Welfare
In office August 2017 – 18 July 2022
Minister	Chen Shih-chung
Deputy	Ho Chi-kung, Lu Pau-ching
Preceded by	Tsai Sen-tien
Succeeded by	Victor Wang
Personal details
Born	(1955-06-17) June 17, 1955 (age 68)
Nationality	Taiwanese (Taiwan)
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater	Taipei Medical University National Taiwan University

Hsueh Jui-yuan (Chinese: 薛瑞元; pinyin: Xuē Ruìyuán; born June 1955) is a Taiwanese physician who has served as the vice minister of Health and Welfare since August 2017 until July 18, 2022.^[1] He currently serves as the Minister of Health and Welfare since July 2022.

Education

Hsueh completed his degree in medicine from Taipei Medical University in 1980. He then obtained his bachelor's and master's degree in law from National Taiwan University in 1997 and 2001 respectively.

Careers

At the Bureau of Medical Affairs of the Department of Health, he was the senior secretary in 2002–2003, deputy director-general in 2003-2004 and director-general in 2004–2008. In 2008–2015, he was the deputy superintendent of Shuang Ho Hospital of Taipei Medical University. Hsueh succeeded Chen Shih-chung as Minister of Health and Welfare on July 18, 2022.^[2]