Anthony Duane Perkins has been a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 1, 2006. Prior to this, he was serving as president of the Taiwan Taipei Mission of the LDS Church. As a general authority, Perkins is currently serving as the President of the Asia Area Presidency of the church. Perkins was born in Cortez, Colorado.

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  • Anthony Duane Perkins has been a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 1, 2006. Prior to this, he was serving as president of the Taiwan Taipei Mission of the LDS Church. As a general authority, Perkins is currently serving as the President of the Asia Area Presidency of the church. Perkins was born in Cortez, Colorado. As a young man, Perkins served a mission to Taiwan and was a companion to future Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. He received a bachelor's degree in finance from Brigham Young University and later received concurrent master's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania: one in international studies with an emphasis on East Asia from the Lauder Institute and an MBA from the Wharton School of Management. After his graduate studies, Perkins joined McKinsey & Company, an international management consulting firm, and later helped to open an office in China. Because of that, he and his family lived in Beijing for eight years where he served as president of the Beijing Branch, China International District. In 2003 he was called to preside over the Taiwan Taipei Mission and served there for 3 years. On November 21, 1981, he married Christine D. Abbott. He has 6 children.
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  • Anthony Duane Perkins has been a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 1, 2006. Prior to this, he was serving as president of the Taiwan Taipei Mission of the LDS Church. As a general authority, Perkins is currently serving as the President of the Asia Area Presidency of the church. Perkins was born in Cortez, Colorado.
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  • Anthony D. Perkins
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