Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and one of the country's top and most important cabinet posts. The Minister usually is also a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a state councillor. The Minister is the second-highest ranking diplomat in China after the director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission.[1]
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China | |
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| 中华人民共和国外交部部长 | |
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| Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China | |
| Status | Provincial-Ministerial level official |
| Member of | State Council |
| Reports to | Central Foreign Affairs Commission |
| Seat | Beijing |
| Nominator | Premier (chosen within the Chinese Communist Party) |
| Appointer | President with the confirmation of the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee |
| Precursor | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China |
| Formation | 1 October 1949 |
| First holder | Zhou Enlai |
| Deputy | Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Website | www |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中华人民共和国外交部部长 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 外交部部长 | ||||||
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History
The post was initially established after the proclamation of the People's Republic of China in 1 October 1949 as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central People's Government, with Zhou Enlai being appointed as both the minister and the premier.[2][3]
Process of appointment
Officially, the minister is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president.[4]
List of officeholders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | President | Premier | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Term | |||||
| 1 |  | Zhou Enlai 周恩来 (1898–1976) | 1 October 1949 | 11 February 1958 | 8 years, 133 days | Mao Zedong (since 1954) | Himself |
| 2 | .jpg) | Marshal Chen Yi 陈毅 (1901–1972) | 11 February 1958 | 6 January 1972 | 13 years, 329 days | Liu Shaoqi Office vacant | Zhou Enlai |
| 3 |  | Ji Pengfei 姬鹏飞 (1910–2000) | 6 January 1972 | 18 November 1973 | 1 year, 316 days | Office vacant | |
| 4 |  | Qiao Guanhua 喬冠華 (1913–1983) | 18 November 1973 | 2 December 1976 | 3 years, 14 days | Office vacant Office abolished | Zhou Enlai Hua Guofeng |
| 5 | .jpg) | Huang Hua 黄华 (1913–2010) | 2 December 1976 | 19 November 1982 | 5 years, 352 days | Office abolished | Hua Guofeng Zhao Ziyang |
| 6 |  | Wu Xueqian 吴学谦 (1921–2008) | 19 November 1982 | 12 April 1988 | 5 years, 145 days | Li Xiannian (since 1983) | Zhao Ziyang |
| 7 |  | Qian Qichen 钱其琛 (1928–2017) | 12 April 1988 | 18 March 1998 | 9 years, 340 days | Yang Shangkun Jiang Zemin | Li Peng |
| 8 |  | Tang Jiaxuan 唐家璇 (born 1938) | 18 March 1998 | 17 March 2003 | 4 years, 364 days | Jiang Zemin | Zhu Rongji |
| 9 | .jpg) | Li Zhaoxing 李肇星 (born 1940) | 17 March 2003 | 27 April 2007 | 4 years, 41 days | Hu Jintao | Wen Jiabao |
| 10 |  | Yang Jiechi 杨洁篪 (born 1950) | 27 April 2007 | 16 March 2013 | 5 years, 323 days | ||
| 11 |  | Wang Yi 王毅 (born 1953) | 16 March 2013 | 30 December 2022 | 9 years, 289 days | Xi Jinping | Li Keqiang |
| 12 | .jpg) | Qin Gang 秦刚 (born 1966) | 30 December 2022 | 25 July 2023 | 207 days | ||
| Li Qiang | |||||||
| (11) | _(cropped).jpg) | Wang Yi 王毅 (born 1953) | 25 July 2023 | Incumbent | 277 days | ||
References
Citations
Sources
- Martin, Peter (2021). China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780197513705.001.0001. ISBN 9780197513705.
