Ma Zhaoxu

Ma Zhaoxu (simplified Chinese: 马朝旭; traditional Chinese: 馬朝旭; pinyin: Mǎ Zhāoxù; born September 1963) is a Chinese diplomat who serves as vice-minister of Foreign Affairs since 15 July 2019.[1] Previously he served as China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) in New York City from January 2018 to July 2019.[2]

H.E. Ambassador

Ma Zhaoxu
马朝旭
Ma Zhaoxu
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
15 July 2019
MinisterWang Yi
Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations
In office
25 January 2018 – 10 July 2019
PresidentXi Jinping
PremierLi Keqiang
Preceded byLiu Jieyi
Succeeded byZhang Jun
Permanent Representative of China to United Nations Office in Geneva
In office
6 April 2016 – 6 January 2018
PresidentXi Jinping
PremierLi Keqiang
Preceded byWu Hailong
Succeeded byYu Jianhua
Chinese Ambassador to Australia
In office
23 August 2013 – 2016
Preceded byChen Yuming
Succeeded byCheng Jingye
Personal details
Born (1963-09-01) 1 September 1963
Harbin, Heilongjiang
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Children1
ResidenceBeijing
Alma materPeking University
OccupationPolitician, diplomat
In this Chinese name, the family name is Ma.

He formerly served as the Chinese Ambassador to Australia, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (PRC), as well as the director-general of its Information Department.

Biography

Ma Zhaoxu was born on 1 September 1963 in Harbin. He graduated from Peking University with a degree in international relations. In 1986, he participated in the inaugural Asian college students debating competition organized by the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) and won the "best debater" award, becoming well known to PRC college students at the time.[3][4]

Ma joined the Foreign Affairs Ministry in 1987 and served in various departments and embassies, including counselor at the PRC embassy in the United Kingdom from 2001 to 2002 and counselor at the PRC embassy in Belgium from 2002 to 2004. He was appointed deputy director of the Policy Planning Department in 2004 and director in 2006. In January 2009, he replaced Liu Jianchao as the director-general of the Information Department as well as the head spokesperson of the ministry.[5][6][7]

Ma is married with one daughter.

Recently, there has been some controversy surrounding Ma Zhaoxu's statement “there are no dissidents in China”, while China responds disapprovingly to the Nobel prize having been awarded to incarcerated Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.

On 6 April 2016, he was appointed as the Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and other International Organizations.[8]

In 2018, Ma succeeded Liu Jieyi as China's Permanent Representative to the UN in New York.[9]

Ma was appointed vice-minister of Foreign Affairs on July 15, 2019. As vice-minister, he is responsible for managing international organizations and conferences, international economy and arms control affairs.[1]

See also

References
  1. 马朝旭任外交部副部长 被丢进泳池的北大最佳辩手. sina (in Chinese). 2019-07-15.
  2. 中国常驻联合国代表马朝旭大使即将离任. sina (in Chinese). 2019-07-10.
  3. 外交部发言人刘建超离任 接任者系20年前最佳辩手 [Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao leaves post, successor was best debater 20 years ago] (in Chinese). China.org.cn. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  4. "Debater becomes spokesman for Foreign Ministry". China Daily. 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  5. 马朝旭接任外交部新闻司司长 [Ma Zhaoxu succeeds as director of the Foreign Ministry's Information Department] (in Chinese). Xinhua. 2009-01-15. Archived from the original on 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  6. 外交部新闻司长刘建超将离任 接任者马朝旭亮相 [Ma Zhaoxu succeeds Liu Jianchao as director of the Foreign Ministry's Information Department] (in Chinese). People's Daily. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  7. "New head of information department in China's Foreign Ministry". People's Daily. 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  8. "Ambassador Ma Zhaoxu Presented Credentials".
  9. Hong Xiao (1 February 2018). "New UN envoy talks of key China role". China Daily. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.