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Chris Satney
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Ambassador
Designate of the Republic of China on Taiwan to Saint Lucia H. E. Tom
Chou |
Friday, July 20, 2007 – Ambassador Designate of the Republic of China
on Taiwan to Saint Lucia H. E. Tom Chou is expected to arrived in Saint Lucia on
Saturday, 21st July. Ambassador Chou is the first Ambassador to be posted to
Saint Lucia since the resumption of diplomatic relations between the ROC
(Taiwan) and Saint Lucia on 30th of April, 2007.
As a distinguished career diplomat, Ambassador Chou had served in Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines in the capacity of Chargé d’Affaires from 1997 to 2001. He
was then transferred to take the post of Deputy Director General, Taipei
Economic and Cultural Office in New York from 2001 to 2005.
Before he was appointed as Ambassador to Saint Lucia, Mr. Chou had been the Head
of Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Congressional Liaison Unit, and most
recently the Secretary-General of the Coordination Council of North American
Affairs, the counterpart of the American Institute in Taiwan, U.S.A.
Born on 6th May, 1956, Ambassador Chou joined the Foreign Service in 1982 and
has earned an MA degree from the Institute of International Affairs, George
Washington University, U.S.A.
The Acting Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs, Honourable
Stephenson King, has expressed his delight and welcoming gesture to Ambassador
Chou’s appointment by the ROC (Taiwan) Government to Saint Lucia. The
Governments of St. Lucia and ROC (Taiwan) share the same view that the arrival
of Ambassador Chou will herald another stage of cooperation between the two
countries.
His Excellency Tom Chou is expected to present his credentials to Governor
General Her Excellency Dame Pearlette Louisy in due course.
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