Yang Zigang (; born September 1958) is a Chinese diplomat who served as

Chinese Ambassador to Suriname Chinese may refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China. **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...

from 2013 to 2016 and Chinese Ambassador to Eritrea from 2017 to 2020.

Early life and education

Yang was born in

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

in September 1958.

Career

He joined the Foreign Service in 1975 and has served primarily in the General Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, where he was promoted to deputy director in 1999. He was deputy special representative of The Commissioner's Office of China's Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong S.A.R. in 2007 and subsequently envoy to the

Embassy of China, Washington, D.C. The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States () is the diplomatic mission of the People's Republic of China to the United States, located in Washington D.C. The main chancery is located at 3505 International Place NW, W ...

in 2010. In March 2013, President

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping, pronounced (born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), chairman of the Central Military Commission ...

appointed him

according to the decision of the

12th National People's Congress The 12th National People's Congress (NPC) was elected in national congressional conferences from October 2012 to February 2013 and was in session from 2013 to 2018. It succeeded the 11th National People's Congress. It held five plenary sessions ...

Standing Committee, a post in which he served from 2013 to 2016. In January 2017, he succeeded Qiu Xuejun as Chinese Ambassador to Eritrea, and held that office until February 2020.

Award

* 8 April 2016 Palm Medal of Honor

References

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