He Xiangdong

He Xiangdong (Chinese: 何向东; born February 1964) is a Chinese diplomat and currently the Chinese Ambassador to Ireland.

He Xiangdong
何向东
Chinese Ambassador to Ireland
Assumed office
May 2019
Preceded byYue Xiaoyong
Chinese Ambassador to South Sudan
In office
September 2016 – April 2019
Preceded byMa Qiang
Succeeded byHua Ning
Personal details
BornFebruary 1964 (age 56–57)
Hunan, China
NationalityChinese
Political partyCommunist Party of China
ResidenceDublin
Alma materWuhan University
China Foreign Affairs University
OccupationDiplomat
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese何向東
Simplified Chinese何向东
In this Chinese name, the family name is He.

Biography

He was born in Hunan in February 1964, while his ancestral home in Wuyi County, Zhejiang.[1] In September 1981, he entered Wuhan University, majoring in economics, where he graduated in July 1985.

After university, he worked as a journalist at World Knowledge. In September 1989, he was accepted to China Foreign Affairs University. After graduating in July 1991, he returned to his former work unit, the World Knowledge magazine. He was second secretary at Chinese Embassy in Oman from October 1994 to July 1996 and second secretary then first secretary at Chinese Embassy in Saudi Arabia from July 1996 to November 1999. He returned to China in November 1999, when he was appointed director and first secretary of the Political Research Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In June 2004 he was promoted to become counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in the United States, a position he held until August 2012. He became vice-mayor and member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Lanzhou Municipal Committee in March 2014, and served until September 2016.[2]

In September 2016, he was granted his first ambassadorship as Chinese Ambassador to South Sudan.[3] He served from 2016 through 2019.[4] In May 2019 he was appointed Chinese Ambassador to Ireland in succession to Yue Xiaoyong.[5]

References
  1. 何向东大使简历. china-embassy.org (in Chinese). 2019-05-03.
  2. Yue Huairang (2019-03-07). 何向东将卸任中国驻南苏丹大使，曾挂任兰州市委常委. thepaper (in Chinese).
  3. "Ambassador He Xiangdong Holds Farewell Reception". chineseconsulate. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. 何向东将卸任中国驻南苏丹大使 是浙江武义人. sina (in Chinese). 2019-03-08.
  5. "H.E. Ambassador He Xiangdong Arrives in Dublin". china-embassy.org. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
Diplomatic posts
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Ma Qiang		 Chinese Ambassador to South Sudan
2016-2019		 Next:
Hua Ning (华宁)
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Yue Xiaoyong (岳晓勇)		 Chinese Ambassador to Ireland
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