Amb. Alexander Tah-Ray YUI
Representative
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (Since December 2023)
Education
• Executive programs at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and London School of Economics (2010)
• Senior Executive Fellows program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2002)
• MA in Spanish Literature, Texas A&M University (1988)
• BA in Political Science and Modern Languages, Texas A&M University (1986)
Experience
• Representative, Taipei Representative Office in the European Union and Belgium (2023)
• Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs (2021-2023)
• Director-General, Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs (2018-2021)
• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Paraguay (2015-2018)
• Director-General, Bureau de Genève, Délégation Culturelle et Économique de Taipei (2012-2015)
• Deputy Director-General, Department of Central and South American Affairs, MOFA (2011-2012)
• Diplomacy Fellow, Brookings Institution, USA (2010)
• Counselor on Home Assignment, Department of Central and South American Affairs, MOFA (2009-2011)
• First Secretary / Senior First Secretary / Political Counselor, Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the Republic of El Salvador (2003-2009)
• Section Chief, Department of Central and South American Affairs, MOFA; served concurrently as interpreter for the President and senior government officials (1999-2002)
• Executive Assistant, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York (1995-1999)
• Executive Officer, Department of Central and South American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1989; 1992-1995)
