List of Chinese Ambassadors in the United Kingdom
On January 6, 1950, Clement Attlee 's government recognized the Zhou Enlai government . The Ambassador to the Court of St James’s of the People's Republic of China is based in London .
Embassy of the People's Republic of China , Portland Place, London
Falun Gong vigil outside the embassy in 2006
ambassador
Appointed / Accredited | Surname | Chinese | comment | appointed by | accredited at | Leave post |
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Aug 28, 1875 | Guo Songtao | 郭嵩焘 | (* 1818; † 1891) | Cixi | Benjamin Disraeli | 25 Aug 1878 |
Aug 28, 1875 | Liu Xihong | 許 鈐 身 | Chargé d'affaires October 2, 1876 to April 30, 1877 | Cixi | Benjamin Disraeli | Sep 30 1876 |
25 Aug 1878 | Zeng Jize | 曾 紀澤 | Cixi | Benjamin Disraeli | July 27, 1885 | |
July 27, 1885 | Liu Ruifen | 劉瑞芬 | (* 1827; † 1892) | Cixi | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | May 15, 1889 |
May 15, 1889 | Xue Fucheng | 薛福成 | Cixi | William Ewart Gladstone | Nov 11, 1893 | |
Nov 11, 1893 | Kung Chao Yuan | 龔 照 瑗 | (* 1835; † July 20, 1897) | Cixi | William Ewart Gladstone | Nov 23, 1896 |
Nov 23, 1896 | Luo Fenglu | 羅豐祿 | Father of Zhong Luo Yihe | Cixi | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | Nov 14, 1901 |
Nov 14, 1901 | Zhang Deyi | 張德彜 | (* 1847; † 1919) initially acted as an interpreter from 1866 to 1871 on a mission to America and Europe and accompanied Li Hongzhang | Cixi | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | Sep 20 1905 |
Sep 20 1905 | Wang Daxie | 汪大燮 | Cixi | Henry Campbell-Bannerman | May 7, 1907 | |
May 7, 1907 | Li Jingfang | 李 經 方 | Cixi | Henry Campbell-Bannerman | 17 Sep 1910 | |
17 Sep 1910 | Liu Yulin | 劉玉麟 | (* 1863 in Xiangshan ; † 1942 in Macau ) until 1881 participant in the Chinese Educational Mission to America , promoted to ambassador in 1912, retired in 1914 . | Pu Yi | Herbert Henry Asquith | Dec 9, 1913 |
Dec 9, 1913 | Liu Yulin | 劉玉麟 | Yuan Shikai | Herbert Henry Asquith | June 20, 1914 | |
June 20, 1914 | Alfred Sao-ke Sze | 施肇基 | On October 6, 1913, the United Kingdom government recognized the Republic of China government . | Yuan Shikai | Herbert Henry Asquith | 29 Sep 1920 |
29 Sep 1920 | Wellington Koo | 顧維鈞 | Xu Shichang | David Lloyd George | Aug 5, 1922 | |
Nov 20, 1921 | Wellington Koo | 顧維鈞 | Xu Shichang | David Lloyd George | Aug 5, 1922 | |
Nov 20, 1921 | Zhu Zhao Xin | 朱兆 莘 | Xu Shichang | David Lloyd George | Apr 4, 1925 | |
Oct 7, 1925 | Yan Huiqing | 颜惠慶 | Xu Shichang | Ramsay MacDonald | ||
Jan. 1926 | Wang Jingwei | 陳維 城 | Chargé promoted on May 28, 1929 Legation | Xu Shichang | Ramsay MacDonald | Oct 23, 1929 |
Jan. 22, 1929 | Alfred Sao-ke Sze | 施肇基 | Chiang Kai-shek | Ramsay MacDonald | Apr 25, 1932 | |
May 14, 1932 | Guo Taiqi | 郭泰祺 | Chiang Kai-shek | Ramsay MacDonald | May 9, 1941 | |
May 9, 1941 | Wellington Koo | 顧維鈞 | Chiang Kai-shek | Winston Churchill | July 17, 1946 | |
March 3, 1945 | Shi Chao-Kui | 施 肇 夔 | (* 1891; † 1957) | Chiang Kai-shek | Winston Churchill | July 27, 1946 |
July 17, 1946 | Cheng Tien-hsi | 鄭天錫 | Chiang Kai-shek | Winston Churchill | Jan. 6, 1950 | |
Sep 10 1954 | Huan Xiang | 宦 鄉 | Chargé d'affaires, 1976–1978 ambassador to Brussels, Luxembourg and to the EC | Mao Zedong | Winston Churchill | March 30, 1962 |
March 30, 1962 | Xiong Xianghui | 熊向暉 | was recalled as part of the Cultural Revolution, 1972–1973 ambassador to Mexico. | Liu Shaoqi | Harold Macmillan | Jan. 1967 |
1967 | Shen Ping | 沈 平 | Liu Shaoqi | Harold Wilson | 1969 | |
1969 | Ma Jiajun | 马家俊 | Dong Biwu | Harold Wilson | 1970 | |
Nov 1970 | Pei Jian Zhang | 裴 坚 章 | Dong Biwu | Edward Heath | June 1972 | |
June 1, 1972 | Song Zhiguang | 宋 之 光 | 1970–1972: Ambassador to Berlin, 1982–1985: Ambassador to Tokyo | Dong Biwu | Edward Heath | Dec. 27, 1977 |
Sep 1 1978 | Ke Hua | 柯 华 | 1960–1964: Ambassador to Bissau , 1972–1974: Ambassador to Accra, 1975–1978: Ambassador to Manila. | Ye Jianying | James Callaghan | March 28, 1983 |
Apr 1, 1983 | Chen Zhaoyuan | 陈肇源 | 1971–1973: Ambassador to Naypyidaw , 1973–1976: Ambassador to Madrid , 1976–1979: Ambassador to New Delhi . | Li Xiannian | Margaret Thatcher | March 1, 1985 |
Apr 1, 1985 | Hu Dingyi | 胡 定 一 | Li Xiannian | Margaret Thatcher | June 1, 1987 | |
Aug 1, 1987 | Ji Chaozhu | 冀朝铸 | 1985–1987: Ambassador to Suva , 1985–1987: Ambassador to South Tarawa , 1985–1987: Ambassador to Port Vila . | Li Xiannian | Margaret Thatcher | March 1, 1991 |
May 1, 1991 | Ma Yuzhen | 马毓 真 | Yang Shangkun | John Major | Nov 1, 1995 | |
Dec. 1, 1995 | Jiang Enzhu | 姜恩柱 | Jiang Zemin | John Major | March 6, 1997 | |
March 6, 1997 | Ma Zhengang | 马振 岗 | Jiang Zemin | Tony Blair | Aug 20, 2002 | |
Aug 20, 2002 | Zha Peixin | 查 培 新 | (* 1946 in Jiangsu Province), 1996–1998: Ambassador to Ottawa | Jiang Zemin | Tony Blair | Apr 11, 2007 |
Apr 11, 2007 | Fu Ying | 傅 莹 | (* January 1953) | Hu Jintao | Gordon Brown | March 9, 2010 |
March 9, 2010 | Liu Xiaoming | 刘晓明 | (* 1956 in Jieyang ) | Hu Jintao | David Cameron |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Edict Naming Liu Jui-fên as the Ambassador to France, Italy, and Belgium (敕 諭 劉瑞芬 出使 法 義 比 三國)
- ↑ Kung Chao-Yuan
- ↑ china vitae, Zha Peixin
- ↑ china, foreign relations