American Institute in Taiwan
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American Institute in Taiwan | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Měiguó Zài Tái Xiéhuì |
The American Institute in Taiwan
Primarily staffed by employees of the
Overview
AIT is a nonprofit corporation established pursuant to the
Following the authorization of the Taiwan Relations Act, the Department of State, through a semiofficial contract with AIT, provides guidance and "funds a large part of AIT’s operations." Like other U.S. missions abroad, AIT is staffed by employees of the Department of State and other agencies of the United States, as well as by locally hired staff. Prior to a 2002 amendment to the Foreign Service Act (Section 503 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended by the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003), United States government employees were required to resign from government service for their period of assignment to AIT. According to Section 12 (a) of the Taiwan Relations Act, agreements conducted by AIT have to be reported to Congress, just as other international agreements concluded by United States and governments with which it has diplomatic relations. Thus, while relations between the U.S. and Taiwan through AIT are conducted on an informal basis, the U.S. government still treats the relationship within the same confines as with other states with formal diplomatic relations.[12][13]
AIT has a small headquarters office in
The AIT office complex at No. 100 Jin Hu Road,
For the purposes of remuneration and benefits, directors of the AIT hold the same rank as ambassador and, in Taiwan, are accorded diplomatic privileges in their capacity as directors.
Its counterpart in the United States is the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office.
New compound in Taipei
A new $250 million compound for the American Institute in Taiwan was unveiled in June 2018, accompanied by a "low-key" U.S. delegation[17] and several mid-level diplomats.[citation needed] According to the AIT the new complex represents "the United State's [sic] brick-and-mortar commitment to Taiwan."[18]
In 2019 director Christensen buried a time capsule at the new AIT complex in Neihu. The time capsule is not to be unearthed for 50 years.[18]
Principal officers
List of directors
- Charles T. Cross (1979–1981)
- James R. Lilley (1981–1984)
- Harry E. T. Thayer (1984–1986)
- David Dean (1987–1989)
- Thomas S. Brooks (1990–1993)
- B. Lynn Pascoe (1993–1996)
- Darryl Norman Johnson(1996–1999)
- Raymond Burghardt (1999–2001, received the Order of Propitious Clouds)[19]
- Douglas H. Paal (2002–2006)
- Stephen Young (2006–2009)
- William A. Stanton (2009–2012)
- Christopher J. Marut (2012–2015)
- Kin W. Moy (2015–2018)
- Brent Christensen (2018–2021)
- Sandra Oudkirk (2021–present)[20]
List of deputy directors
- William A. Brown (1979)[21]
- William Wayt Thomas Jr. (1979–1981)[22][23]
- Thomas S. Brooks (1981–1983)[24]
- Jerome C. Ogden (1983–1986)
- Scott S. Hallford (1986–1991)[25]
- James A. Larocco (1991–1993)[26]
- Christopher J. LaFleur (1993–1997)[27]
- Lauren K. Moriarty (1997–1998)[28]
- Stephen Young (1998–2001)[29]
- Pamela J. H. Slutz (2001–2003)
- David J. Keegan (2003–2006)
- Robert S. Wang (2006–2009)
- Eric H. Madison (2009–2012)
- Brent Christensen (2012–2015)
- Robert W. Forden (2015–2018)
- Raymond F. Greene (2018–2021)[30]
- Jeremy A. Cornforth (2021–present)[31]
List of political section chiefs
The Political Section, originally known as the General Affairs Section (GAS),[32][10]: 66 is led by a chief which is similar to a political counselor in other embassies.[11]: 2
- Chiefs, General Affairs Section
- Mark S. Pratt (1979–1981)[11]: 2
- Stanley R. Ifshin (1981–1983)[32]: 73 [33]
- David E. Reuther (1983–1985)
- Joseph J. Borich (1985–unknown)
- Thomas V. Biddick (1989– unknown)
- Douglas G. Spelman (unknown)
- James F. Moriarty (1995–1998)
- Eunice Reddick (1997–2000)[34]
- Chiefs, Political Section
- Joseph R. Donovan Jr. (2000–2003)[35]
- Melvin T. L. Ang (2003–2004)[36]
- James L. Huskey (2004–2008)
- David H. Rank (2008–2010)
- Daniel Turnbull (2010–2013)
- William Klein (2013–2016)
- Christian M. Marchant (2016–2019)
- Bradley S. Parker (2019–present)[37]
List of commercial officers
- William D. McClure (1981–1986)
- Raymond Sander (1987–1997)
- William Brekke (1997–2000)
- Terry Cooke (2000–2003)
- Gregory Loose (2003–2006)
- Gregory Wong (2006–2010)
- Helen Hwang (2010–unknown)
- Scott Pozil (2011–2013)
- Amy Chang (2010–2013)
Kaohsiung
- Robert Leach (2000–2003)
- Steve Green (2009–2011)
- Gregory Harris (2011–present)
List of chairpersons
- David Dean (1979–1986)
- David N. Laux (1986–1990)
- Natale H. Bellocchi (1990–1995)
- James C. Wood Jr. (1996–1997)
- Richard C. Bush (1997–2002)
- Therese Shaheen (2002–2004)
- William A. Brown (2004–2006; acting)
- Raymond Burghardt (2006–2016)
- James F. Moriarty (2016–2023)
- Laura Rosenberger (2023–present)
See also
- De facto embassy
- Taiwan–United States relations
- Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, its counterpart
- Foreign relations of Taiwan
- Foreign relations of the United States
- Foreign policy of the United States
- Political status of Taiwan
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陳總統水扁先生今天上午代表我國政府與人民頒贈美國在台協會理事主席薄瑞光(Raymond F. Burghardt)「大綬卿雲勳章」,以表彰他致力於促進台灣與美國之間友好關係所作的卓越貢獻。
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External links
- Media related to American Institute in Taiwan at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Official website (in Chinese)