Kan Cheong Dunn Explained
| Kan Cheong Dunn |
| Native Name: | 鄧權昌 |
| Office: | Ambassador
of
to  Liberia |
| Predecessor: | Cao Yuanxin |
| Successor: | Xu Cinong |
| Birth Date: | 28 February 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Panyu County, Guangdong |
| Spouse: | Lin Kwei Fong (1950 in Kaohsiung) |
| Children: | 6 sons, 6 grandchildren, and two great granddaughters. |
| Alma Mater: |
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| Serviceyears: | 1950 - circa. 1953 |
Kan Cheong Dunn (February 28, 1925 – April 19, 2014) was a Taiwanese ambassador of Cantonese descent and former naval officer of the ROC Navy.
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 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]
Notes and References
- 鄧權昌大使揚名海外 . Ambassador Kan Cheong Dunn made overseas reputation . 海軍軍官季刊 [Naval Officer Quarterly]. 28 . 3 . 2009 . . . 1997-6879 . 2022-10-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20221003035058/https://navy.mnd.gov.tw/Files/Paper/%E6%B5%B7%E8%BB%8D%E8%BB%8D%E5%AE%98%E5%AD%A3%E5%88%8A28%E5%8D%B73%E6%9C%9F(98-09-11).pdf . 2022-10-03 . 86–87.
- Web site: Kan Dunn Obituary - Houston, TX .
