Ji Pengfei
Ji Pengfei | |
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姬鹏飞 | |
Chen Yi | |
Succeeded by | Qiao Guanhua |
Chinese Ambassador to East Germany | |
In office September 1950 – January 1955 | |
Preceded by | Liao Chengzhi |
Succeeded by | Lu Ping |
Personal details | |
Born | People's Republic of China | February 2, 1910
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Spouse | Xu Hanbing (1919-2015) |
Children | Ji Qiaoling (daughter) |
Ji Pengfei (
traditional Chinese: 姬鵬飛; pinyin: Jī Péngfēi; February 2, 1910 – February 10, 2000) was a Chinese politician
.
Biography
Ji Pengfei was born in
in 1933.After the establishment of the
People's Republic of China, Ji Pengfei worked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and led diplomatic missions to East Germany before being appointed as China's first ambassador
to the GDR in 1953, being the youngest Chinese ambassador at 43. He was recalled to serve as vice-minister of Foreign Affairs in 1955.
When the
Masayoshi Ohira
of Japan.
In the post-Cultural Revolution period, Ji Pengfei held several posts. In 1979 he was appointed head of the
Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. He also served as Standing Committee member of the Central Advisory Commission
, a Party body aimed at helping the retirement of elder officials.
In 1999, his son, Ji Shengde, a senior member of the People's Liberation Army intelligence, was arrested and tried for corruption, selling classified information and diverting public funds, and was sentenced to death penalty. The penalty was commuted to 20 years in prison, when he returned stolen money and denounce other abuses.[citation needed]
Ji Pengfei was praised by the Xinhua News Agency as an outstanding communist fighter, and greatly lauded again in 2010 at a ceremony in the Great Hall of the People to celebrate his 100th birth anniversary.
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