Li Baodong
Li Baodong 李保东 | |
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Permanent Representative and Ambassador of China to the United Nations | |
Assumed office March 4, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Zhang Yesui |
Personal details | |
Born | Beijing | April 1, 1955
Nationality | Chinese |
Alma mater | Beijing Foreign Studies University Johns Hopkins University |
Li Baodong (Simplified Chinese: 李保东; born April 1955) is a Chinese diplomat and has been the Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations since 2010.
Biography
Li was born in April 1955 and is a native of Beijing. He completed his studies at the Beijing Foreign Studies University and Johns Hopkins University.[1] After graduating from university, Li entered diplomatic service and assumed various posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2005 to 2007, he served as Ambassador to Zambia. In 2007, Li was appointed as Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland. In 2010, he was appointed China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations replacing Zhang Yesui.[2] During the months of March 2011 and June 2012, Li was the President of the United Nations Security Council.[3]
He is married and has a son.[4]
References
- Articles with bare URLs for citations from October 2012
- Permanent Representatives of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Ambassadors of the People's Republic of China
- Ambassadors to Zambia
- Politicians from Beijing
- Presidents of the United Nations Security Council
- Beijing Foreign Studies University alumni
- Johns Hopkins University alumni