Zhang Yesui
Zhou Wenzhong | |
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Succeeded by | Cui Tiankai |
Chinese Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the United Nations | |
In office October 10, 2008 – March 3, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Wang Guangya |
Succeeded by | Li Baodong |
Personal details | |
Born | Hubei Province | October 1, 1953
Nationality | Chinese |
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Spouse | Chen Naiqing |
Alma mater | Beijing Foreign Studies University London School of Economics |
Zhang Yesui | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Zhāng Yèsuì [ʈʂáŋ jêswêɪ] |
Wade–Giles | Chang Yeh-sui |
Zhang Yesui (
Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations in New York City
.
Biography
Zhang Yesui was born in October 1953 in
Hubei Province and is a native of that region. He graduated from the Beijing Foreign Studies University and studied at the London School of Economics. After completing his education, he entered diplomatic service and was posted to the Chinese Embassy to the United Kingdom in London. Zhang then assumed various posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's Department of International Organizations and Conferences and Protocol Department. In 2000, he rose to become Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for administration, protocol and personnel and then became Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2003 with areas of responsibility including policy research, Africa, Europe, North America and Oceania affairs, arms control and disarmament, and International Treaty and Law. In 2008, he was appointed China's Ambassador to the United Nations replacing Wang Guangya.[citation needed
]
Zhang is married to Chen Naiqing, who is also an ambassador. They have a daughter.Six Party Talks for a year and a half before coming to New York with her husband.[3]
In 2012, Zhang was named Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; he was later named Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (rank equivalent of minister). Zhang is an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[4]
See also
- Chinese in New York City
References
- ^ Biography of Zhang Yesui. China Vitae.
- ^ Biography of Ambassador Zhang. Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations.
- ^ National Committee Welcomes Ambassadors Zhang Yesui and Peng Keyu. National Committee on United States-China Relations.
- ^ "中华人民共和国外交部". www.fmprc.gov.cn. Retrieved 2017-01-25.