List of ambassadors of China to Iraq explained

Post:Chinese Ambassador to Iraq
Incumbent:Cui Wei
Incumbentsince:26 April 2022
Appointer:The President
Inaugural:Li Tiezheng
Website:Chinese Embassy – Baghdad
Appointer Qualified:pursuant to a National People's Congress Standing Committee decision

The Chinese Ambassador to Iraq is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Iraq.

List of representatives

Republic of China

NameChinese nameAppointmentTerm endNotes
Li Tiezheng李铁铮also accredited in Teheran (*1906 in Hunan), In March 1943, Nationalist China's first legation was inaugurated in Baghdad, and Li Tiezheng was appointed modern China's first minister to Iraq. Since then, the Iraqi royal house maintained amicable relations with Chiang Kai-shek.
Sheng Zhongliang盛忠亮Chargé d'affaires
Chih-Ping Chen陈质平
  • In March 1956 the legation was upgraded to an embassy.
  • After meeting with Abd al-Karim Qasim, Chen decided to break relations with Iraq, and flew the entire embassy staff with their families out of Baghdad on a chartered commercial plane.[1]

People's Republic of China

NameChinese nameAppointmentTerm endObservations
Chen Zhifang陈志方 
Zhang Weilie张伟烈 
  • From 1971 February to 1974 May he was ambassador in Rabat (Morocco).
  • From October 1974 to April 1978 he was ambassador in Almaty (Mongolia).
  • From July 1978 to June 1981 Ambassador in Bangkok Thailand.
Cao Chi曹痴
  • From May 1955 to March 1, 1960 he was Mayor of Changsha.
  • From April 1966 to February 1967 he was Ambassador in Bagdhad Iraq
  • From September 1972 to November 1977 he was Ambassador in Katmandu (Nepal).
  • From March 1978 to July 1982 he was Ambassador in Nikosia (Cyprus).
Gong Dafei宫达非
  • From January 1973 to July 1978 he was Ambassador in Kinshasa (Zaire).
Hu Chengfang胡成放
Zhao Xingzhi赵行志
  • From August 1971 to May 1974 he was Ambassador to Cameroon.
Hou Yefeng侯野峰
Zhang Junhua张俊华
  • From January 1978 to March 1982 he was Ambassador to Benin.
  • From June 1982 to November 1984 he was Ambassador to Zambia.
Zheng Jianying郑剑英
  • From February 1983 - October 1985 Ambassador to Bangladesh
Zheng Dayong郑达庸
  • From June 1989 to June 1990 he was Ambassador North Yemen / Yemen.
  • From June 1990 to May 1994 he was Ambassador Iraq.
  • From December 1993 to August 1997 he was Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
Sun Bigan孙必干
  • From September 1990-April 1994 he was Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
  • From June 1994 to August 1998 was Ambassador to Iraq
  • From April 1999 to October 2002 he was Ambassador to Iran.[2]
Zhang Weiqiu张维秋
  • From December 1995 to August 1998 he was Ambassador to the Sudan.
Yang Honglin杨洪林
  • From December 2000 - October 2003 he was Ambassador to Bahrain.
  • From October 2004 - October 2005 he was Ambassador to Iraq.
  • From November 2007 - October 2011 he was Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
Li Huaxin李华新
  • From April 2007 to August 2011 he was Ambassador to Syria.
  • Since June 2016 he is Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
Chen Xiaodong陈晓东
  • Since June 2015 he is Ambassador to Singapore
Chang Yi常毅
Ni Jian倪坚
Wang Yong王勇
Chen Weiqing陈伟庆February 2019
Zhang Tao张涛March 2019April 2022
Cui Wei崔巍April 2022Incumbent
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Notes and References

  1. http://www.taiwantoday.tw/fp.asp?xItem=142242&CtNode=2174 Chih-Ping Chen
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=32pGAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Bassam+Salih+Kubba%22 Sun Bigan
  3. Web site: 中华人民共和国外交部 . Fmprc.gov.cn . 2022-07-18.
  4. Book: Directory of Officials and Organizations in China - Malcolm Lamb - Google Books . 9780765610201 . 2022-07-18. Lamb . Malcolm . 2003 .
  5. Web site: 历任驻伊大使 . Iq.chineseembassy.org . 2022-07-18.
  6. Web site: Chinese Ambassadors to the Republic of Iraq . Iq.chineseembassy.org . 2013-04-11 . 2022-07-18.