Fu Hao (diplomat)

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Fu Hao ( Chinese  符 浩 ; born April 13, 1916 in Liquan , Xianyang , Shaanxi ; † June 17, 2016 ) was a diplomat of the People's Republic of China and a politician of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), who was Vice Foreign Minister between 1972 and 1974, was ambassador to Vietnam between 1974 and 1977 , ambassador to Japan from 1977 to 1982 and again deputy foreign minister between 1981 and 1982.

Life

Fu Hao was involved in the political and journalistic work of the People's Liberation Army as early as the 1930s and 1940s, and between February and July 1946 he was Colonel Representative of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of the 15th Mediation Group of the Bureau for Military Mediation and Execution in Dezhou , where he held talks with the Kuomintang and US officials . After the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949, he joined the foreign service in 1950 and was initially counselor at the embassy in the Mongolian People's Republic between July 1950 and August 1952 . After his return he was first deputy head of unit from August 1952 to September 1954 and then from September 1954 to August 1955 deputy director general of the Asia department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Fu then served as Counselor at the Embassy in India from August 1955 to January 1962 and as Deputy Director General of the Human Resources Department between January 1962 and June 1964, before becoming Deputy Head of the Political Department and General Director of Human Resources from June 1964 to May 1970 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After serving between May 1970 and September 1972 as head of the General Department of the Foreign Ministry, he was Deputy Foreign Minister for the first time from May 1972 to September 1974. In September 1974, he replaced Wang Youping as ambassador to Vietnam and remained in this post until April 1977, whereupon Chen Zhifang succeeded him in September 1977. He himself then took over the post of ambassador to Japan from Chen Chu , which he held until February 1982 and was subsequently replaced by Song Zhiguang . From December 1981 to April 1982 he was again Deputy Foreign Minister and from February 1982 to May 1983 advisor to the Foreign Ministry. In this capacity he was special envoy and head of the Chinese delegation at the second round of negotiations to improve Sino-Indian relations .

In 1983 he became a member of the National People's Congress , to which he belonged in the sixth and seventh legislative periods until 1993. During this time he was a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Vice-Chairman of its Foreign Affairs Committee. In this role, between 1986 and 1991, he headed several Chinese delegations on visits abroad. He also wrote a collection of poems.

Web links

  • Biography on the homepage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chinese Ambassadors to Vietnam on the Foreign Ministry website
  2. ↑ Chinese Ambassadors to Japan on the Foreign Ministry website
personal data
SURNAME Fu Hao
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 符 浩 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Liquan , Xianyang , Shaanxi
DATE OF DEATH 17th June 2016