Eric Huang (''Chinese'': 黃鈞耀,

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: ''Huáng Jūn-yào''; born in 1973) is a Taiwanese diplomat who worked in missions in the United States, Singapore, Canada, and

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Biography

Eric Huang graduated from

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; zh, t=國立臺灣大學, poj=Kok-li̍p Tâi-oân Tāi-ha̍k, p=, s=) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1928 during Taiwan under J ...

with a

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in international business and received a

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from the

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. With the referral of the country's

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, he completed the training programs of

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and

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universities at different times. He is married and has two children.

Career

2012–2015 worked at the mission in Singapore, was responsible for bilateral political and free trade agreements. 2016–2018 was the Deputy Director General of the Department of International Cooperation and Economic Affairs of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA; ) is a cabinet-level ministry of Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), and is responsible for the ROC's diplomacy and foreign relations. It is headquartered in the capital Taipei. The incumbent ...

. 2018–2020 was the director general of the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago. In 2020 was appointed head of the Taipei mission in Latvia, which he was also responsible for relations with Estonia and Lithuania. in 2021 in November after the establishment of the

Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania The Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania ( zh, 駐立陶宛台灣代表處; ) is the representative office of Taiwan responsible for the development of relations with Lithuania. As Lithuania has not established official diplomatic relation ...

, he became its first head.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Eric 1973 births Living people Representatives of Taiwan National Taiwan University alumni University of Chicago alumni

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