Zhai Jun (Chinese: 翟隽; born December 1954) is a Chinese diplomat,[1] who has served as China's Special Envoy on the Middle Eastern Issue since 2019. As of 2022, he was the incumbent in the position.[2] Previously, he served as Deputy Foreign Minister from 2009 to 2014, and was appointed Chinese ambassador to France in January 2014, replacing Kong Quan.[3]
Zhai Jun | |
|---|---|
翟隽 | |
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| Chinese Ambassador to France | |
| In office 2014–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Kong Quan |
| Succeeded by | Lu Shaye |
| Chinese Ambassador to Libya | |
| In office 1997–2000 | |
| Preceded by | Qin Hongguo |
| Succeeded by | Luo Xingwu |
| Deputy Foreign Minister | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue | |
| Assumed office September 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Gong Xiaosheng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1954 (age 69) Qingyuan, Hebei, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Children | 1 (son) |
| Alma mater | Beijing Foreign Language School Cairo University |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Early life edit
Born on 1954 in Qingyuan, Hebei, Zhai learned Arabic since childhood. After graduating from Beijing Foreign Language School in November 1972, he was sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to study in the Arabic Department of the Faculty of Literature at Cairo University in Egypt and graduated in 1975.[4][5]
Diplomatic career edit
Upon his graduation, he returned to China and worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he worked in the translation office, the Department of West Asia and North Africa, and at Chinese embassies in South Yemen and Saudi Arabia. He later worked as a counsellor at the Chinese embassy in Saudi Arabia.[6]
In 1996, he served as counselor of the West Asia and North Africa Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In December 1997, he served as the Chinese Ambassador to Libya. After his return to China in 2000, he served as Deputy Director-General of the Department of West Asia and North Africa and on the same year, he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Zhenjiang Municipal Committee in Jiangsu Province. In 2001, he served as Director-General of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in 2003, he appointed as the Director-General of the Department of West Asia and North Africa.[6]
In 2006, he was promoted to Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and in 2009, he was promoted to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. From January 2014 to June 2019, he served the Chinese Ambassador to France and Monaco.[6][7]
On September 2, 2019, he was appointed as the Chinese Special Envoy to the Middle East, succeeding Gong Xiaosheng.[8] [9]
Personal life edit
He is married and has one son.[6]
Awards edit
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France, 2019)[10]
References edit
- ^ Alghamdi, Jassim (18 December 2010). "OIC receives Chinese delegation". Saudi Gazette. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ Murphy, Dawn C. (2022). China's rise in the Global South : the Middle East, Africa, and Beijing's alternative world order. Stanford, California. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-5036-3060-4. OCLC 1249712936.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "外交部副部长翟隽履新中国驻法大使". People's Daily. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
- ^ "副部级大使是怎样炼成的". Shanghai Observer. 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ "翟隽副外长". Shanghai International Studies University Middle East Institute. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ a b c d "翟隽". mfa.gov.cn. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ "驻法国大使翟隽向法国政要辞行". Embassy of the People's Republic of China in France. 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ "Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang's Regular Press Conference on September 2, 2019". Consulate of the People's Republic of China in Belfast. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ Wang, Jin (2019-12-05). "Can China's 'New Idea' Work in the Middle East?". The Diplomat. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ "驻法国大使翟隽荣获法国荣誉勋位团大军官勋章". Embassy of the People's Republic of China in France. 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2023-05-01.