Kan Cheong Dunn

Kan Cheong Dunn (February 28, 1925 – April 19, 2014) was a Taiwanese ambassador of Cantonese descent and former naval officer of the ROC Navy.

Kan Cheong Dunn
鄧權昌
Ambassador
of  Taiwan
to  Liberia
In office
October 1989 – September 25, 1990
Preceded byCao Yuanxin
Succeeded byXu Cinong
Personal details
Born(1925-02-28)February 28, 1925
Panyu County, Guangdong
DiedApril 19, 2014(2014-04-19) (aged 89)
SpouseLin Kwei Fong (1950 in Kaohsiung)
Children6 sons, 6 grandchildren, and two great granddaughters.
Alma mater
Military service
Branch/service Republic of China Navy[1]
Years of service1950 - circa. 1953[1]

Career
  • He joined the Chinese Navy and received additional training at the U.S. Naval Training School in Miami in communications and anti-submarine warfare.
  • He was part of the Chinese crew that sailed former US Navy ships from Miami backed to China during the final days of World War II.
  • As the war ended, he entered the Chinese Naval Academy and graduated in 1949.
  • In 1950 he was Secretary to Admiral Kwei Yung-ching, Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Navy. [1]
  • In 1952, he served in the Office of the President as Secretary to the Chief of Staff.
  • In 1953, he qualified in the Diplomat Senior Grade Examinations.[1]
  • In 1954 he became assistant in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Taipei.[1]
  • From 1958 to 1960 he was Vice Consul in Davao City, Republic of Philippines.
  • From 1960 to 1964 he was Vice Consul in San Francisco.
  • In 1964, he was Consul in Los Angeles.
  • From 1967 to 1970 he was Consul in New York-
  • From 1970 to 1972 he had Execuartur as Consul General in Chicago.[1]
  • From 1972 to 1973 he was Deputy Director-General of MOFA Bureau of Consular Affairs.[1]
  • In 1973 he became exequartur as Consul General in Houston.[1]
  • From 1977 to 1978 he was Director-General of MOFA Department of General Affairs.[1]
  • From 1978 to 1979 he was the last Consul General in New York City.[1]
  • From 1979 to 1985 he became Director-General of Coordination Council for North American Affairs in New York (later Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, TECO-New York) after the diplomatic recognition from the United States was severed.[1] During his tenure he also represented Taiwan as quasi ambassador next the Headquarters of the United Nations.
  • From 1986 to 1987 he was Vice Chairperson of MOFA Research and Planning Committee in Taipei.[1]
  • In 1988, he was appointed Representative of the Trade Mission of the Republic of China in Monrovia.
  • On October 1989 when the government in Liberia swapped the diplomatic recognition from the government in Beijing to the government in Taipei, he became ambassador to Liberia.[1]
  • He stayed for three month in the First Liberian Civil War
  • On Sept. 25, 1990 Dunn left the ROC embassy in Monrovia and escaped to the Ivory Coast, bringing his secretary and 15 mainland Chinese with him.
  • In 1997, he retired from public service.[2]

References
  1. "鄧權昌大使揚名海外" [Ambassador Kan Cheong Dunn made overseas reputation] (PDF). 海軍軍官季刊 [Naval Officer Quarterly]. Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Republic of China Naval Academy. 28 (3): 86-87. 2009. ISSN 1997-6879. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  2. "Kan Dunn Obituary - Houston, TX".
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