Zhang Yesui Explained

Honorific-Prefix:H.E. Ambassador
Zhang Yesui
Native Name Lang:zh-cn
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Office1:Party Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Predecessor1:Wu Dawei
Successor1:Qi Yu
Term Start1:March 2013
Term End1:January 2019
Office3:Chinese Ambassador to the United States
Term Start3:March 19, 2010
Term End3:April 9, 2013
Predecessor3:Zhou Wenzhong
Successor3:Cui Tiankai
Office4:Chinese Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the United Nations
Term Start4:October 10, 2008
Term End4:March 3, 2010
Predecessor4:Wang Guangya
Successor4:Li Baodong
Birth Date:1 October 1953
Birth Place:Hubei Province
Nationality:Chinese
Spouse:Chen Naiqing
Alma Mater:Beijing Foreign Studies University
London School of Economics
Zhang Yesui
Showflag:cp
S:张业遂
P:Zhāng Yèsuì
W:Chang Yeh-sui

Zhang Yesui (; born October 1953) is a Chinese diplomat who served as the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary for the People's Republic of China. He was formerly the Chinese Ambassador to the United States. He has previously served as Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations in New York City.

Biography

Zhang Yesui was born in October 1953 in Hubei Province and is a native of that region. He graduated from the Beijing Foreign Studies University and studied at the London School of Economics. After completing his education, he entered diplomatic service and was posted to the Chinese Embassy to the United Kingdom in London. Zhang then assumed various posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's Department of International Organizations and Conferences and Protocol Department. In 2000, he rose to become Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for administration, protocol and personnel and then became Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2003 with areas of responsibility including policy research, Africa, Europe, North America and Oceania affairs, arms control and disarmament, and International Treaty and Law. In 2008, he was appointed China's Ambassador to the United Nations replacing Wang Guangya.

Zhang is married to Chen Naiqing, who is also an ambassador. They have a daughter.[1] [2] Zhang and his wife were posted to the U.N. Mission from 1988-92. Chen was ambassador to Norway (2003–2007) and ambassador to the Six Party Talks for a year and a half before coming to New York with her husband.[3]

In 2012, Zhang was named Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; he was later named Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (rank equivalent of minister). Zhang is an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Zhang_Yesui|1400 Biography of Zhang Yesui
  2. http://www.china-un.org/eng/gywm/hyxx/zysdsjl/ Biography of Ambassador Zhang
  3. http://www.ncuscr.org/?q=programs/national-committee-welcomes-ambassadors-zhang-yesui-and-peng-keyu National Committee Welcomes Ambassadors Zhang Yesui and Peng Keyu
  4. Web site: 中华人民共和国外交部 . www.fmprc.gov.cn . 2017-01-25 .