Kin W. Moy

Early life Moy was born in 1966 in British Hong Kong. His grandfather was from Taishan, Guangdong and lived in Chicago early in the twentieth century before returning to China.

Education Moy graduated from both Columbia University and the University of Minnesota. He served under six US secretaries of state, working as special assistant in the executive secretariat for Madeleine Albright, director of the executive secretariat staff for Condoleezza Rice, and deputy executive secretary for Hillary Clinton. He was deputy director of the Office of Maritime Southeast Asia and desk officer in the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs.

In 2011, he was appointed deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, He had served as the principal deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR).

On 21 April 2020, Moy was confirmed by the Senate to be career minister. a post he served until June 15, when he was appointed as the senior bureau official for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

On 5 June 2024, Moy was nominated to be the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam by President Joe Biden.

Personal life He graduated from Columbia University and the University of Minnesota and is a Mandarin and Cantonese speaker. Moy is married to Kathy Chen, a journalist who previously worked for the Wall Street Journal. —and a Great Dane.