List of ambassadors of Liberia to China explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:Liberia to China
Inaugural:Joseph Rudolph Grimes

The Liberian ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government in Monrovia to the Government of the People's Republic of China.

List of representatives

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditationambassadorObservationsPresident of LiberiaPremier of the Republic of ChinaTerm end
Joseph Rudolph Grimes[1] William TubmanYen Chia-kan
Ernest EastmanWilliam R. Tolbert Jr.Chiang Ching-kuo
Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditationambassadorObservationsPresident of LiberiaPremier of the People's Republic of ChinaTerm end
the governments of Beijing and Monrovia took up diplomatic relationsWilliam R. Tolbert Jr.Hua Guofeng
John Daniel CoxWilliam R. Tolbert Jr.Hua Guofeng
George Toe WashingtonSamuel DoeZhao Ziyang
John Christopher RicksSamuel DoeZhao Ziyang
Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditationambassadorObservationsPresident of LiberiaPremier of the Republic of ChinaTerm end
the governments of Taipei and Monrovia took up diplomatic relations[2] Samuel DoeLee Huan
Amos SawyerLien Chan
Amos SawyerLi Peng
9 September 1997: the government in Beijing severs diplomatic relations with Liberia after the latter recognizes Taiwan.[3] Ruth PerryVincent Siew
John Cummings (Liberian diplomat)Ruth Perry has stressed that this position remains unchanged, but in early February Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) sent his own envoy, John Cummings, as "ambassador" to Taiwan. During his visit, Mr Taylor pledged to re-establish diplomatic relations with Taipei.[4] Ruth PerryTang Fei
Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)Yu Shyi-kun
Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditationambassadorObservationsPresident of LiberiaPremier of the People's Republic of ChinaTerm end
Neh Rita Sangai Dukuly Tolbertheld ambassadorships to France, UNESCO, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Spain.[5] Gyude BryantWen Jiabao
Jarjar Massaquoi Kamara31.07.2014 - he takes up his new assignment in Beijing. He succeeds His Excellency. Jarjar Kamara, who now serves as Ambassador at-interim in Brussels,Ellen Johnson SirleafLi Keqiang
Dudley McKinley Thomas2001 he was ambassador in Bern, 2009 he was ambassador in Paris.[6] Ellen Johnson SirleafLi Keqiang
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Notes and References

  1. http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=4,29,31,45&post=6948 Joseph Rudolph Grimes
  2. October 9, 1989, re-establishing full diplomatic relations at Ambassadorial level with Taiwan
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi6CAgAAQBAJ&dq=%229+September+1997:+China+severs+diplomatic+relations+with+Liberia+after+the+latter+recognizes+Taiwan+(having+already+recognized+China).%22&pg=PA94 9 September 1997: China severs diplomatic relations with Liberia after the latter recognizes Taiwan.
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=XLvU9lroRuUC&dq=%22Liberia%3A+11%2FF%2C+9-1+Lane+62%2C+Tien+Mou+West+Rd%2C+Taipei+111%3B+tel.+%282%29+28751212%3B+fax+%282%29+28751313%22&pg=PA1179 tw 2003
  5. http://wcm.fmprc.gov.cn/pub/chn/pds/fw/lbfw/fgzl/t67524.htm Neh Rita Sangai Dukuly Tolbert
  6. http://www.mofa.gov.lr/public2/2press.php?news_id=1166&related=7&pg=sp Dudley McKinley Thomas
  7. , The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of November 1984, Institut für Asienkunde, 1985, 120 p., p. 101