Taiwan yesterday named Edward Tao (陶令文) its new ambassador to St Kitts and Nevis and tapped Peter Lan (藍夏禮) as the nation’s top envoy to Thailand.
Tao, a career diplomat whose most recent overseas posting was head of Taiwan’s representative office in Brisbane, Australia, is to head the embassy in the Caribbean ally, according to a personnel announcement made public by the Executive Yuan.
The same announcement said that Tao is to replace outgoing Ambassador Michael Lin (林昭宏), who took up the post in July 2021.
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Meanwhile, the Executive Yuan also announced that Lan, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, is to become Taiwan’s new representative to Thailand, replacing current envoy Chang Chun-fu (張俊福).
Chang’s resignation was approved by President William Lai (賴清德) on Monday.
Before being appointed head of the department in July 2023, Lan served as ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, another Caribbean ally, from 2021 to 2023.
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He was also Taiwan’s former deputy envoy to Indonesia and spokesperson for Taiwan’s representative office in Thailand, as well as head of its political division.
Lan’s vacancy in the ministry is to be filled by Lin, according to the Executive Yuan personnel announcement.
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