Zhang Yesui (; born October 1953) is a Chinese

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who served as the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and

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for the

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. He was formerly the Chinese Ambassador to the United States. He has previously served as Permanent Representative of China to the

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Biography

Zhang Yesui was born in October 1953 in

Hubei Province Hubei is a province in Central China. It has the seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland provinces. Its provincial capital at Wuhan serves as a major politi ...

and is a native of that region. He graduated from the Beijing Foreign Studies University and studied at the

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. After completing his education, he entered diplomatic service and was posted to the Chinese Embassy to the United Kingdom in London. Zhang then assumed various posts in the

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's Department of International Organizations and Conferences and Protocol Department. In 2000, he rose to become Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for administration, protocol and personnel and then became Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2003 with areas of responsibility including policy research, Africa, Europe, North America and Oceania affairs,

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and disarmament, and International Treaty and Law. In 2008, he was appointed China's Ambassador to the

replacing Wang Guangya. Zhang is married to Chen Naiqing, who is also an ambassador. They have a daughter. Zhang and his wife were posted to the U.N. Mission from 1988-92. Chen was ambassador to

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(2003–2007) and ambassador to the Six Party Talks for a year and a half before coming to New York with her husband. In 2012, Zhang was named Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; he was later named

of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (rank equivalent of minister). Zhang is an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Yesui 1953 births Living people Alumni of the London School of Economics Permanent representatives of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Ambassadors of China to the United States Beijing Foreign Studies University alumni People from Tianmen Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei

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