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Gong Xiaosheng (March 1953-), native of Shandong, is a politician and diplomat of the People's Republic of China.

Category
Political figures
Nationality
People's Republic of China
Born
1953-01-01
Wikidata
Q10950389
Occupations diplomat
Aliases Gong XiaoshengGong Xiaosheng

Gong Xiaosheng — biography

Gong Xiaosheng (March 1953-), native of Shandong, is a politician and diplomat of the People's Republic of China. Gong Xiaosheng graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. In 1979, he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and served successively in the West Asian and North African Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy in Egypt, the Foreign Affairs Office of the State Council, and the Permanent Mission to the United Nations, and later served as counselor of the West Asian and North African Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1995, he served as deputy director-general of the Foreign Affairs Office of the State Council and was later promoted to director-general. Served as director of the Policy Research Bureau of the Foreign Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee. In 2000, he returned to serve as counselor of the Department of West Asia and North Africa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In February 2003, he served as Director of the Office of the People's Republic of China in the Palestinian Authority. In 2005, he served as Ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In September 2006, he served as the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Jordan. In October 2008, he served as the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Türkiye. In 2014, he retired from office and took a back seat to become the Chinese government's special envoy for the Middle East. In August 2019, he resigned as special envoy.

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