Ji Pengfei

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Ji Pengfei
姬鹏飞
Chen Yi
Succeeded byQiao Guanhua
Chinese Ambassador to East Germany
In office
September 1950 – January 1955
Preceded byLiao Chengzhi
Succeeded byLu Ping
Personal details
Born(1910-02-02)February 2, 1910
People's Republic of China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
SpouseXu Hanbing (1919-2015)
ChildrenJi 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

Yuncheng, Shanxi in 1910. He joined the Chinese Red Army in 1931, and the Chinese Communist Party
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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Political offices
Preceded by
Chen Yi
Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China

1972–1974
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
1975–1979
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Secretary General of the State Council

1979–1981
Succeeded by
Preceded by Head of the
Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office

1983–1990
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Head of the
International Liaison Department of the CCP Central Committee

1979–1982
Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
New title Ambassador of the
German Democratic Republic

1953–1955
Succeeded by