Apart from new NSC chairman Wei Che-ho, the other three new cabinet members had all been under consideration for cabinet appointments last year after Chen Shui-bian's March 18 electoral victory. Hau Lung-pin declined at that time to serve as head of the EPA, citing differences with the political philosophy of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
除了新任國科會主委魏哲和外，新任環保署長郝龍斌、新任原能會主委胡錦標及新任政務委員胡勝正，都是去年三一八陳水扁總統構思新政府時的老面孔。去年，郝龍斌原基於政黨理念歧異並沒有同意出任環保署長。