Kin W. Moy

Moy was born in 1966 in British Hong Kong.{{Cite journal |journal=CommonWealth Magazine |title=梅健華 AIT變親民 美台關係下一步 |author=劉光瑩|issue=599|date=2016-06-07|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609144518/http://www.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=5076803 |url=http://www.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=5076803 |accessdate=2016-06-09 |archivedate=2016-06-09 |language=zh-tw}}{{citation|url=http://www.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=5071931|publisher=Commonwealth Magazine|title=新任AIT處長梅健華：美國是台灣最好的朋友 (New AIT Director Kin Moy: America is Taiwan's Best Friend|language=Chinese}} His grandfather was from Taishan, Guangdong and lived in Chicago early in the twentieth century before returning to China.{{cite web|url=http://www.waou.com.mo/news_b/shownews_see.php?lang=cn&id=557|title=華府任命梅健華是為應對臺北政壇巨變？|date=May 12, 2015|accessdate=August 2, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928091515/http://www.waou.com.mo/news_b/shownews_see.php?lang=cn&id=557|work=華澳人語|archivedate=September 28, 2015|url-status=dead|language=Chinese|quote=...他的祖父在廣東臺山出生... [...his grandfather was born in Taishan, Guangdong...]}} Moy moved to New York shortly after his birth and grew up in Minnesota.{{cite web|url=http://www.allgov.com/officials/moy-kin?officialid=30321|title=Moy, Kin|publisher=AllGov|last=Biederman|first=Danny|accessdate=July 5, 2020}}

Moy graduated from both Columbia University and the University of Minnesota.

Moy began working for the U.S. State Department in 1992.{{citation|url=https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/bureau/169485.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412231417/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/bureau/169485.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-04-12|publisher=U.S. Department of State|title=Kin Moy}} He served under six 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.

In 2011, he was appointed deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 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.

Moy was considered one of the executors of President Barack Obama's "Asian Pivot" strategy. In 2015 he was appointed director of the American Institute in Taiwan and so became the de facto American ambassador to Taiwan in the absence of formal diplomatic relations. In his inaugural press conference, he stressed that the United States is Taiwan's closest ally. Shortly before leaving the AIT in 2018, Moy was awarded the Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon.{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Stacy |title=Tsai confers medal on AIT head |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/07/04/2003696038 |accessdate=4 July 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=4 July 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Shih |first1=Hsiu-chuan |title=Departing AIT head honored by Taiwan |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201807030012.aspx |accessdate=3 July 2018 |agency=Central News Agency |date=3 July 2018}} He had served as the principal deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR).{{citation|url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Org-Directory.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501185613/https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Org-Directory.pdf |archive-date=2020-05-01 |date=2020-04-28 |publisher=U.S. Department of State |title=Telephone Directory - Organizational Directory|page=OD-41}}

On 21 April 2020, Moy was confirmed by the Senate to be career minister. On 20 January 2021, he was appointed as the acting assistant secretary of INR,{{citation |url=https://www.state.gov/biographies/kin-moy/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319003113/https://www.state.gov/biographies/kin-moy/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2021-03-19 |publisher=U.S. Department of State |title=Kin Moy, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Intelligence and Research |access-date=2021-06-17 }} a post he served until June 15, when he was appointed as the senior bureau official for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.{{citation|url=https://www.state.gov/biographies/kin-w-moy/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210617110450/https://www.state.gov/biographies/kin-w-moy/ |url-status= |archive-date=2021-06-17 |publisher=U.S. Department of State|title=Kin W. Moy, Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs }}

On 5 June 2024, Moy was nominated to be the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam by President Joe Biden.{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=2024-06-05 |title=President Biden Announces Key Nominees |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/06/05/president-biden-announces-key-nominees-75/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}

He graduated from Columbia University and the University of Minnesota and is a Mandarin and Cantonese speaker. Moy is married to Kathy Chen, a journalist who previously worked for the Wall Street Journal. They have four children—Andrew, Claire, Olivia and Amanda{{cite web|url=https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ait-taiwan/171414/ait-portrait/dir_moy_biography.pdf|title=Mr. Kin W. Moy|year=2015|publisher=American Institute in Taiwan|accessdate=30 December 2015}} {{PD-notice}}—and a Great Dane.

• Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon (2018) Republic of China
• Grand Medal of Diplomacy (2018) Republic of China{{cite news |title=AIT Director Moy awarded MOFA's Grand Medal of Diplomacy |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=2&post=136189 |access-date=16 July 2021 |work=Taiwan Today |date=14 June 2018}}

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