Luo Zhaohui (; born February 1962) is a Chinese diplomat who became the director of the

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on 18 April 2021. He previously served as Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan (2007-2010), Canada (2014-2016) and India (2016-2019).

Biography

Luo Zhaohui was born in Xiaogan, Hubei, in February 1962. In 1982, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from Central China Normal University and later received master's degree in history from

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, and worked as a part-time professor at Central China Normal University. From 1985 to 1989, he served as attaché and Third Secretary of the Department of Asian Affairs within the

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. He served as the Third Secretary and Second Secretary at the Chinese Embassy in India from 1989 to 1993. From 1993 to 1996, he served as the Second Secretary and deputy director of the Department of American and

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n Affairs at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Luo served as the Second Secretary and First Secretary of the

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from 1996 to 2000 and from 2000 to 2003, he served as Counselor of the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2003 to 2004, he served as Minister Counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Singapore. From 2004 to 2006, he served as Deputy Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs at the Foreign Ministry. He served as the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan from 2007 through 2010. From June 2010, he served as Director-General of the Department of Foreign Security Affairs of the Foreign Ministry. In March 2011, he was appointed as Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From May 2014 to September 2016, he served as the Chinese Ambassador to Canada and in 2016, he was appointed as the Chinese Ambassador to India, succeeding Le Yucheng. He served this position until May 2019 and on the same month, he succeeded Kong Xuanyou as Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs. In April 2021, he was appointed as the director of the

, succeeding Wang Xiaotao. He was appointed as a member of the 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on 17 January 2023 from the Friendship with Foreign Countries Sector.

Personal life

Luo is married to Jiang Yili, a diplomat and a scholar of

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and

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, and politics of

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. The couple have a daughter.

Foreign honors

* Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam (

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

, January 2009) * Sitara-i-Quaid-i- Azam (Pakistan, 2007) *Lifetime Achievement in Diplomacy Award of the Unity International Foundation (

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, May 2019)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Luo, Zhaohui 1962 births Living people People from Xiaogan Ambassadors of China to Pakistan Ambassadors of China to Canada Ambassadors of China to India Recipients of Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam Central China Normal University alumni Academic staff of the Central China Normal University Peking University alumni Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei People's Republic of China politicians from Hubei Chinese expatriates in the United States Chinese expatriates in Singapore Members of the 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference