List of Foreign Ministry Spokespersons of the People's Republic of China
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This article lists all historical 31 Spokespersons (include 5 spokeswomen) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China since 1976.
List of Spokespersons[]
Name | Lifespan | In office | Public experiences afterwards | |
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1 | Qian Qichen | 5 January 1928 - 9 May 2017 (aged 89) | 1982 | Foreign Minister (1988-1993) Vice Premier (1993-2003) |
2 | Qi Huaiyuan | January 1930 (age 92) | 1983-1984 | Vice Foreign Minister (1986-1991) |
3 | Yu Zhizhong | 1984-1985 | ||
4 | Wang Zhenyu | 1984-1985 | Consul General to Nagasaki, Japan (1985-1988) Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office | |
5 | Ma Yuzhen | 1934 (age 87–88) | 1984-1988 | Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1991-1995) Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
6 | Li Zhaoxing | 20 October 1940 | 1985-1990 | Foreign Minister (2003-2007) |
7 | Li Jinhua (female) |
September 1932 (age 89) | 1987-1991 | Ambassador to New Zealand |
8 | Jin Guihua | 14 January 1935 | 1988-1991 | Ambassador to Malaysia & Brunei (1991-1993) Ambassador to Thailand (1994-1997) |
9 | Duan Jin | 1990-1993 | Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1997-2001) | |
10 | Wu Jianmin | 30 March 1939 - 18 June 2016 (aged 77) | 1990-1994 | Ambassador to Netherlands (1994-1995) Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva (1996-1998) Ambassador to France (1998-2003) |
11 | Fan Huijuan (female) |
1935 (age 86–87) | 1990-1993 | Ambassador to Ireland (1993-1997) |
12 | 1946 (age 75–76) | 1991-1993 | Ambassador to Suriname (1997-2001) Consul General to Cape Town, South Africa (2004-2005) Ambassador to Qatar (2005-2007) | |
13 | Chen Jian | 1942 (age 79–80) | 1994-1996 | |
14 | Shen Guofang | 1952 (age 69–70) | 1996-1998 | Assistant Foreign Minister (2003-2005) |
15 | Cui Tiankai | October 1952 (age 69) | 1996-1997 | Ambassador to Japan (2007-2009) Vice Foreign Minister (2009-2013) Ambassador to the United States (2013–present) |
16 | Tang Guoqiang | June 1951 (age 70) | 1996-1998 | Ambassador to Czech Republic (2002-2006) Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Vienna (2006-2009) Ambassador to Norway (2009-2012) |
17 | Zhu Bangzao | 1952 (age 69–70) | 1998-2001 | Ambassador to Tunisia & Palestine (2001-2003) Ambassador to Switzerland (2004-2008) Ambassador to Spain & Andorra (2009-2014) |
18 | Sun Yuxi | October 1951 (age 70) | 1998-2002 | Ambassador to Afghanistan (2002-2004) Ambassador to India (2005-2007) Ambassador to Italy (2008-2010) Ambassador to Poland (2010-2012) |
19 | Zhang Qiyue (female) |
October 1959 (age 62) | 1998-2004 | Ambassador to Belgium (2005-2008) Ambassador to Indonesia (2008-2011) Consul General to New York City, United States (2014–present) |
20 | Kong Quan | November 1955 (age 66) | 2001-2006 | Ambassador to France & Monaco (2008-2013) Administrative Deputy Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office of the Communist Party of China (2015–present) |
21 | Liu Jianchao | February 1964 (age 57–58) | 2001-2009 | Ambassador to Philippine (2009-2011) Ambassador to Indonesia (2011-2013) Deputy Director of National Bureau of Corruption Prevention (2015-2017) Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Zhejiang (2017–present) |
22 | Qin Gang | March 1966 (age 55) | 2005–2010; 2011-2014 |
Director of Foreign Ministry Protocol Department (2015–present) Assistant Foreign Minister (2017–present) |
23 | Jiang Yu (female) |
1964 (age 57–58) | 2006-2012 | Ambassador to Albania (2015–present) |
24 | Ma Zhaoxu | September 1963 (age 58) | 2009-2012 | Ambassador to Australia (2013-2016) Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva (2016–present) |
25 | Hong Lei | August 1969 (age 52) | 2010-2016 | Consul General to Chicago, United States (2016–present) |
26 | Liu Weimin | August 1968 (age 53) | 2011-2012 | Minister Counsellor to the United States (2012–present) |
27 | Hua Chunying (female) |
April 1970 (age 51) | 2012-2021 | Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs (2021–present) |
28 | Lu Kang | May 1968 (age 53) | 2015-2019 | Director of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs (2019–present) |
29 | Geng Shuang | April 1973 (age 48) | 2016-2020 | Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2020–present) |
30 | Zhao Lijian | November 1972 (age 49) | 2020–present[1] | Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
31 | Wang Wenbin | April 1971 (age 50) | 2020–present |
See also[]
References[]
Categories:
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
- China diplomacy-related lists
- Spokespersons for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China