Kin W. Moy

Kin W. Moy

U.S. Department of State official portrait
Native name 梅健華
Born 1966[1]
British Hong Kong
Nationality  United States
Alma mater University of Minnesota
Columbia University
Occupation Diplomat

Kin W. Moy (Chinese: 梅健華, pinyin: méi jiàn huá, born 1966,[1] in British Hong Kong) is an American diplomat. He is a third-generation Chinese American with ancestry from Taishan, Republic of China.[2] Having served in the Department of State and several diplomatic outposts, he began his tenure as the director of American Institute in Taiwan, de facto Embassy of the United States in Taiwan. He is the first ethnic-Chinese person to hold this position.

Career

Moy has worked in the United States Foreign Service for over twenty years. He served under three US Secretaries of State, working as Special Assistant in the Executive Secretariat for Madeleine Albright, Director of the Executive Secretariat Staff for Condoleezza Rice, and Deputy Executive Secretary for Hillary Clinton. He was Deputy Director of the Office of Maritime Southeast Asia and Desk Officer in the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs. Most recently, he was at the Department of State in Washington, where he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, with responsibility for China, Mongolia, and Taiwan. In addition to his Washington assignments, Moy has served in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, and the U.S. Consulate in Busan.[3]

Personal life

He graduated from Columbia University and the University of Minnesota, and is a Mandarin speaker. Moy is married to Kathy Chen and have four children. They are (in order from eldest to youngest) Andrew Moy, Claire Moy, Olivia Moy, & Amanda Moy.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 劉光瑩 (2016-06-07). "梅健華 AIT變親民 美台關係下一步". CommonWealth Magazine (in Chinese) (599). Archived from the original on 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  2. ↑ Chinese background (In Chinese)
  3. 1 2 "Mr. Kin W. Moy" (PDF). American Institute in Taiwan. 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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