List of spokespersons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China
(Redirected from List of Foreign Ministry Spokespersons of the People's Republic of China)
This article lists the 32 Spokespersons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China since 1976.
List of Spokespersons
editName | Image | Lifespan | In office | Public experiences afterwards | |
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1 | Qian Qichen | 5 January 1928 - 9 May 2017 (aged 89) | 1982[1] | Foreign Minister (1988-1993) Vice Premier (1993-2003)[2] | |
2 | Qi Huaiyuan | January 1930 (age 94) | 1983-1984[3] | Vice Foreign Minister (1986-1991) Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the State Council (1991-1994) President and Party Secretary of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (1994-2000)[3] | |
3 | Yu Zhizhong | 1984-1985[4] | Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland (1987-1989) Minister, Embassy of China in the United Kingdom[4] | ||
4 | Wang Zhenyu | 1984-1985 | Consul General to Nagasaki, Japan (1985-1988) Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong[5] | ||
5 | Ma Yuzhen | 1934 (age 89–90) | 1984-1988 | Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1991-1995) Commissioner in Hong Kong | |
6 | Li Zhaoxing | 20 October 1940 | 1985-1990 | Foreign Minister (2003-2007) | |
7 | Li Jinhua | September 1932 (age 91) | 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 | 1935 (age 88–89) | 1990-1993 | Ambassador to Ireland (1993-1997) | |
12 | Li Jianying | 1946 (age 77–78) | 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 81–82) | 1994-1996 | ||
14 | Shen Guofang | 1952 (age 71–72) | 1996-1998 | Assistant Foreign Minister (2003-2005) | |
15 | Cui Tiankai | October 1952 (age 71) | 1996-1997 | Ambassador to Japan (2007-2009) Vice Foreign Minister (2009-2013) Ambassador to the United States (2013–2021) | |
16 | Tang Guoqiang | June 1951 (age 73) | 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 71–72) | 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 72) | 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 | October 1959 (age 64) | 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 68) | 2001-2006 | Ambassador to France & Monaco (2008-2013) Administrative Deputy Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office of the Chinese Communist Party (2015–present) | |
21 | Liu Jianchao | February 1964 (age 60) | 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 (2017–2018) Minister of International Department of the Chinese Communist Party (2022-present) | |
22 | Qin Gang | March 1966 (age 58) | 2005–2010; 2011-2014 |
Director of Foreign Ministry Protocol Department (2015–2018) Assistant Foreign Minister (2018–2021) Ambassador to the United States (2021-2022) Foreign Minister (2022–2023) State Councillor (2023) | |
23 | Jiang Yu | 1964 (age 59–60) | 2006-2012 | Ambassador to Albania (2015–present) | |
24 | Ma Zhaoxu | September 1963 (age 60) | 2009-2012 | Ambassador to Australia (2013-2016) Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva (2016–2018) Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2018-2019) Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2019-present) | |
25 | Hong Lei | August 1969 (age 54–55) | 2010-2016 | Consul General to Chicago, United States (2016–present) | |
26 | Liu Weimin | August 1968 (age 55–56) | 2011-2012 | Minister Counsellor to the United States (2012–present) | |
27 | Hua Chunying | April 1970 (age 54) | 2012–present | Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2019–present)
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs (2021–2024) | |
28 | Lu Kang | May 1968 (age 56) | 2015-2019 | Director of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs (2019–2022) Ambassador to Indonesia (2022-2024) Deputy Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party (2024-present) | |
29 | Geng Shuang | April 1973 (age 51) | 2016-2020 | Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2020–present) | |
30 | Zhao Lijian | November 1972 (age 51) | 2020–2023 | Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2019–2023) | |
31 | Wang Wenbin | April 1971 (age 53) | 2020–2024 | Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2020–2024) Ambassador to Cambodia (2024-present)[6] | |
32 | Mao Ning | December 1972 (age 51) | 2022–present | Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2022–present) | |
33 | Lin Jian | May 1977 | 2024–present | Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2024–present) |
References
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