Alexander Tah-ray Yui
俞大㵢
Official portrait, 2021
16th Taiwanese Representative to the United States
Assumed office
12 December 2023
PresidentTsai Ing-wen
Lai Ching-te
Preceded byHsiao Bi-khim
12th Taiwanese Representative to the
European Union and Belgium
In office
September 2023 – 12 December 2023
PresidentTsai Ing-wen
Preceded byRemus Chen
Succeeded byRoy Lee
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
June 2021 – September 2023
MinisterJoseph Wu
Preceded byMiguel Tsao
Succeeded byRemus Chen
14th Taiwanese Ambassador to Paraguay
In office
October 2015 – April 2018
PresidentMa Ying-jeou
Tsai Ing-wen
Preceded byJosé María Liu
Succeeded byChou Lin
Personal details
EducationTexas A&M University
(BA, MA)
University of Pennsylvania
London School of Economics
OccupationDiplomat

Alexander Yui Tah-ray (Chinese: 俞大㵢; Wade–Giles: Yu2 Ta4-lei2) is a Taiwanese diplomat currently serving as Taiwan's representative to the United States, succeeding Hsiao Bi-khim. A career diplomat, he previously served as the Taiwanese ambassador to Paraguay from 2015 to 2018, vice minister of foreign affairs from 2021 to 2023, and briefly the representative to the European Union and Belgium.

Early life and education

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Yui was born to a family of diplomats.[1] He attended high school in Panama.[2] He then went to the United States and enrolled at Texas A&M University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science and foreign languages in 1986 and a master's degree in Spanish literature in 1988.[3]

In 2002, Yui was a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. In 2010, he studied business at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and at the London School of Economics.[3]

Diplomatic career

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Yui served as the Representative of Taiwan to the European Union and Belgium in 2023.[4] He was designated as the Taiwanese representative to the United States in November 2023 after the resignation of Hsiao Bi-khim.[5] He had also served several diplomat offices including the vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwanese ambassador to Paraguay, director of the Taiwanese Representative Office in the Latin America and the Caribbean.[3]

In December 2023, Yui succeeded Hsiao Bi-khim as the Taiwanese representative to the United States.

Personal life

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Yui is fluent in Spanish and English, and conversational in French. He speaks English with a Panamanian accent. His father was also a diplomat.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "After Taiwan's election, its new envoy to the US offers assurances to Washington and Beijing". AP News. 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
  2. ^ a b Yang, Yao-ju; Su, Yung-yao (30 November 2023). "新任駐美代表》俞大㵢「拉美通」 曾獲巴拉圭授勳". Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c 機要事務辦公室 (2021-06-24). "Permanent Deputy Minister Alexander Tah-ray Yui". MOFA – Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan). Archived from the original on 2022-03-30.
  4. ^ "Taiwan's vice foreign minister appointed envoy to EU – Focus Taiwan". Focus Taiwan – CNA English News. 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  5. ^ "Taiwan's envoy to EU appointed representative to U.S. – Focus Taiwan". Focus Taiwan – CNA English News. 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2023-11-30.