Alexander Yui Tah-ray () is a Taiwanese diplomat who is the Taiwanese representative to the United States, succeeding

Hsiao Bi-khim Hsiao Bi-khim (; born August 7, 1971) is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat who served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008 and again between 2012 and 2020. Since July 2020, Hsiao has been serving as the representative of the R ...

. A career diplomat, he served as the Taiwanese ambassador to Paraguay from 2015 to 2018, vice minister of

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from 2021 to 2023, and briefly the representative to the European Union and Belgium prior to his current post.

Early life and education

Yui attended high school in

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. He received a bachelor's degree in politics and foreign languages (1986) and a master's degree in

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(1988), both from

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Diplomatic career

Yui is the outgoing

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to the European Union and

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since 2023. He was designated as the Taiwanese representative to the United States in November 2023 after the resignation of

. He had also served several diplomat offices including the vice minister of the

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, Taiwanese ambassador to

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, director of the Taiwanese Representative Office in the Latin America and the

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Personal life

Yui is fluent in Spanish and English, and conversational in French. His father was also a diplomat, and Yui attended high school in the former

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before going to university in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yui, Alexander Living people Ambassadors of the Republic of China to Paraguay Representatives of Taiwan to the European Union Representatives of Taiwan to the United States Texas A&M University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)