List of Chinese ambassadors in Brazil
The embassy is in Brasília .
history
In 1812, Maria I (Portugal) imported Chinese workers to her tea plantation near Rio de Janeiro. In 1900 another wave of Chinese immigrants reached São Paulo . On May 4, 1943, the legation in Rio de Janeiro was upgraded to an embassy. On August 15, 1974, the Ernesto Geisel government recognized the Zhou Enlai government in Beijing .
| Appointment / accreditation | ambassador | Standard Chinese | Remarks | Government of china | Government in Brazil | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1914 | Liou She-Shun | 刘 式 训 | Liu Shixun also accredited in Lima | Xiong Xiling | Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca | Apr. 14, 1915 |
| June 20, 1919 | Xia Yiting | 夏 诒 霆 | Qian Nengxun | Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves | Jan. 1, 1925 | |
| Nov 28, 1929 | Dai Ensai | 戴恩 赛 | (Born May 6, 1892 in Hong Kong January 16, 1955) Son-in- law of Sun Yat-sen | Tan Yankai | Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa | Nov 4, 1931 |
| Jan. 11, 1934 | Samuel Sung Young | 熊 崇志 | Wang Jingwei | Getúlio Vargas | Apr 23, 1941 | |
| May 21, 1941 | Tan Shao Hua | 夏 诒 霆 | also accredited in Bogota and Caracas. | Chiang Kai-shek | Getúlio Vargas | July 14, 1943 |
| Sep 1 1943 | Chen Jie | 陈 介 | Chen, Chieh diplomatic officer, born in Hunan in 1885; studied in Tokyo and Berlin. Vice Foreign Minister 1935–1937; Ambassador to Germany 1938–41; Ambassador to South America in 1942; Ambassador to Brazil 1943-1944; Ambassador to Mexico 1944–45; Appointed Ambassador to Argentina Aug. 1945 | Chiang Kai-shek | Getúlio Vargas | Sep 14 1944 |
| 26 Sep 1944 | Tiangu Cheng | 熊 崇志 | Chiang Kai-shek | Getúlio Vargas | Jan. 16, 1948 | |
| March 9, 1948 | Quo Tai-chi | 郭泰祺 | Chang Ch'un | Eurico Gaspar Dutra | Nov 16, 1949 | |
| March 17, 1951 | Yorkson Shen | 沈 觐 鼎 | Chen Cheng | Getúlio Vargas | Nov 1, 1955 | |
| Nov 23, 1955 | Shih Chao-ying | 程 天 固 | He died in June 1956 | Yu Hung-Chun | Nereu Ramos | June 1, 1956 |
| July 12, 1957 | Li Ti-tsun | 郭泰祺 | also accredited in Asunción. | Yu Hung-Chun | Juscelino Kubitschek | June 1, 1963 |
| June 1, 1963 | Hsu Shao-chang | 沈 觐 鼎 | (1913–1999) also ambassador to Italy | Chen Cheng | João Goulart | Jan. 1, 1968 |
| Feb. 1, 1968 | Shen Yi | 沈怡 | Yen Chia-kan | Artur da Costa e Silva | March 1, 1971 | |
| March 1, 1971 | Chu Fu-sung | 朱撫松 | previously ambassador to Spain. September 15, 1974 Taiwan embassy closed. 1952–1956: Head of Information Department, 1956–1960: Legation Council in Washington, DC, 1960–1962: Envoy to Ottawa, 1962–1965: Secretary of State at the State Department, 1965–1971: Ambassador to Madrid, 1971–1974: Ambassador to Rio de Janeiro, 1975–1979: Ambassador to Seoul, 1979. Foreign Minister | Yen Chia-kan | Emílio Garrastazu Médici | Sep 1 1974 |
| May 1st, 1975 | Zhang Dequn | 张德 群 | 1970–1975: Ambassador to Havana | Zhou Enlai | Ernesto Geisel | Jan. 1, 1982 |
| May 1, 1982 | Xu Zhongfu | 徐中夫 | 1973–1977: Ambassador to Santiago de Chile, 1978–1982: Ambassador to Buenos Aires. | Zhao Ziyang | João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo | June 1, 1985 |
| Aug 1, 1985 | Tao Dazhao Person Cell | 陶 大 钊 | 1983–1985: Ambassador to Bogota | Zhao Ziyang | José Sarney | Aug 1, 1988 |
| Sep 1 1988 | Shen Yun'ao | 沈 允 熬 | 1986–1988: Ambassador to Buenos Aires, 1996: Ambassador to Mexico City | Li Peng | José Sarney | Dec. 1, 1993 |
| March 1, 1994 | Yuan Tao | 原 焘 | 1986–1988: Ambassador to La Paz, 1988–1994: Ambassador to Madrid. | Li Peng | Itamar Franco | Dec. 1, 1995 |
| Feb. 1, 1996 | Li Guoxin | 李 国 新 | 1985–1988: Ambassador to Bogota, 1988–1992: Ambassador to Buenos Aires | Li Peng | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Apr 1, 2000 |
| May 1, 2000 | Wan Yongxiang | 万 永祥 | 1987–1993: Ambassador to Rabat, 1992–1993 Ambassador to Prague, April 1997–2000 March: Ambassador to Pyongyang . | Zhu Rongji | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Aug 1, 2002 |
| Sep 1 2002 | Jiang Yuande | 蒋元德 | 1996: Ambassador in Praia (Cape Verde), February 1999 - 2002 August: Ambassador in Luanda ( Ambassador of China to Angola ) | Zhu Rongji | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | March 1, 2006 |
| Apr 1, 2006 | Chen Duqing | 陈 笃 庆 | Wen Jiabao | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Feb 1, 2009 | |
| March 1, 2009 | Qiu Xiaoqi | 邱小琪 | September 1996 - 1998: Ambassador in La Paz, January 2003 - December 2008: Ambassador in Madrid. | Wen Jiabao | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Dec 1, 2011 |
| Jan. 1, 2012 | Li Jinzhang | 李金 章 | (* November 1954) former State Secretary in the Foreign Ministry | Wen Jiabao | Dilma Rousseff |
