Li Zhaoxing

Li Zhaoxing
李肇星


Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 17 March 2003 – 27 April 2007
Premier	Wen Jiabao
Preceded by	Tang Jiaxuan
Succeeded by	Yang Jiechi
Personal details
Born	(1940-10-20) 20 October 1940 Jiaonan, China
Political party	Communist Party
Spouse(s)	Qin Xiaomei
Children	Hehe
Alma mater	Peking University

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li.

Li Zhaoxing (Chinese: 李肇星; pinyin: Lǐ Zhàoxīng; born 20 October 1940 in Jiaonan, Qingdao, Shandong) is a Chinese diplomat and politician. He served as the Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2007.

He graduated from Peking University in 1964. He worked as a diplomat in Africa before becoming Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1990 and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1995, ambassador to the United States in 1998, and Foreign Minister in 2003.

He was initially appointed as one of the Elders but chose not to continue with the role. He is a professor at Peking University. He is married, and has one son.

External links

Biography, China Vitae
Biography, China Today

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Li Daoyu	Ambassador of China to the United Nations 1993–1995	Succeeded by Qin Huasun
Preceded by Li Daoyu	Ambassador of China to the United States 1998–2001	Succeeded by Yang Jiechi
Political offices
Preceded by Tang Jiaxuan	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2003–2007	Succeeded by Yang Jiechi

Permanent Representatives and Ambassadors of China to the United Nations

Republic of China (1946–71)	Quo Tai-chi Tsiang Tingfu Liu Chieh

People's Republic of China (1971–present)	Huang Hua Chen Chu Ling Qing Li Luye Li Daoyu Li Zhaoxing Qin Huasun Wang Yingfan Wang Guangya Zhang Yesui Li Baodong Liu Jieyi

China's Ambassadors to the U.S.

Qing ministers to the U.S. 1875–1912	Chen Lanbin 1875–81 Zheng Zaoru 1881–85 Zhang Yinheng 1885–89 Cui Guoyin 1889–93 Yang Yu 1893–96 Wu Tingfang 1896–1902 Liang Cheng 1902–07 Wu Tingfang 1907–09 Zhang Yintang 1909–11 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1911–12

ROC's envoys to the U.S. 1912–35	Zhang Yintang 1912–13 Xia Xiefu 1913–15 V. K. Wellington Koo 1915–20 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1920–29 Wu Chaoshu 1929–31 Yan Huiqing 1931–33 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1933–35

ROC's ambassadors to the U.S. 1935–79	Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1935–36 Wang Zhengting 1936–38 Hu Shih 1938–42 Wei Tao-ming 1942–46 Wellington Koo 1946–56 Hollington Tong 1956–58 George Yeh 1958–61 Tsiang Tingfu 1961–65 Zhou Shukai 1965–71 James Shen 1971–79

ROC's representatives to the U.S. 1979–present	Konsin Shah 1979–81 Cai Weiping 1981–82 Frederick Chien 1982–88 Ting Mao-shih 1988–94 Benjamin Lu 1994–96 Jason Hu 1996–97 Stephen S.F. Chen 1997–2000 Chen Chien-jen 2000–04 David Lee 2004–07 Joseph Wu 2007–08 Jason Yuan 2008–12 King Pu-tsung 2012–14 Shen Lyu-shun 2014–2016 Stanley Kao 2016–

Chiefs of the PRC Liaison Office in the U.S. 1973–79	Huang Zhen 1973–77 Chai Zemin 1978–79

PRC's ambassadors to the U.S. 1979–present	Chai Zemin 1979–82 Zhang Wenjin 1983–85 Han Xu 1985–89 Zhu Qizhen 1989–93 Li Daoyu 1993–98 Li Zhaoxing 1998–2001 Yang Jiechi 2001–05 Zhou Wenzhong 2005–10 Zhang Yesui 2010–13 Cui Tiankai 2013–present

Foreign Ministers of the People's Republic of China

Zhou Enlai Chen Yi Ji Pengfei Qiao Guanhua Huang Hua Wu Xueqian Qian Qichen Tang Jiaxuan Li Zhaoxing Yang Jiechi Wang Yi

The Elders

Chair	Kofi Annan

Deputy Chair	Gro Harlem Brundtland

Members	Martti Ahtisaari Ela Bhatt Lakhdar Brahimi Fernando Henrique Cardoso Hina Jilani Graça Machel Mary Robinson Ernesto Zedillo

Honorary Members	Desmond Tutu (former chair)

Former Members	Jimmy Carter Li Zhaoxing Nelson Mandela (founder) Aung San Suu Kyi Muhammad Yunus

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 61873491 LCCN: nr2004004615 GND: 121040305 BNF: cb15607129k (data)

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Li Zhaoxing

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