Li Tieh-tseng (1906 – January 28, 1990) was a Chinese

ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or so ...

. In 1928, shortly after graduation, he was appointed county magistrate of

Nan County Nan County, or Nanxian () is a counties of China, county in the Provinces of China, Province of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yiyang. Located in the northern margin of the province, the county is bor ...

but was forced to leave. Since then he taught at the School of Law at the

Wuhan University Wuhan University (WHU; 武汉大学) is a key comprehensive public university in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is directly affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Education of China. The un ...

. From 1932 to 1936 he was secretary of the embassy in

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, the capital of the

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. From 1937 to 1942 he was minister next to

Reza Shah Reza Shah Pahlavi born Reza Khan (15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the roughly 53 years old Pahlavi dynasty. Originally a military officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war an ...

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

(Iran) with concurrent accreditation in

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(Iraq). From until he was ambassador in

with concurrent accreditation in

. On he was designated ambassador to

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...

( Kingdom of Siam) where he was accredited from till . In 1949 he was resident adviser to the Chinese mission next to the UN Headquarters in

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. On 1 October 1949, after the founding of the

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he resigned from the Republic of China government diplomat duties, and instead engaged in international politics and international relations research. His doctoral thesis, from

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, was o
The problems of Tibet in Sino-British relations
From 1964 to 1966 he was

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at Beijing Foreign Affairs College. In 1967, during the

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, he had disappeared, but he reappeared as a senior researcher., Who was who in the People's Republic of China, Volume 1, K.G. Saur, 1997, 700 p.
p. 242
LI, Tieh-tseng Govt, official, native of Hunan, born in 1905; LI.B., National Central Univ.; Ambassador to Iran, 1942-46; Ambassador to Siam, 1946-48; adviser, Chinese Delegation to U.N., since 1949.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Li Tieh-tseng 1906 births 1990 deaths Alumni of University of London Worldwide Alumni of the University of London Ambassadors of China to Thailand Ambassadors of China to Iran