AIT Chairman Raymond F. Burghardt to Visit Taiwan December 8-12

PR-1356E | Date: 12/06/2013

Raymond F. Burghardt, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), will visit Taiwan from December 8-12, 2013.

This is Mr. Burghardt's 15th trip to Taiwan since his appointment as AIT's Chairman in February of 2006. While in Taiwan, he will meet with President Ma Ying-jeou and a variety of major political and business figures. In addition, he will visit Kaohsiung for meetings with AIT and local officials in the south of Taiwan.

Mr. Burghardt was the Director of AIT's Taipei office from 1999 to 2001. His distinguished career in public service has included assignments as the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam and as the U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, as well as postings at U.S. embassies in Asia and Latin America. In Washington, he served on the staff of the National Security Council.