Li Jinjun

Li Jinjun (simplified Chinese: 李进军; traditional Chinese: 李進軍; pinyin: Lǐ Jìnjūn; born May 1956) is a Chinese diplomat and currently the Chinese Ambassador to North Korea.[1]

Li Jinjun
李进军
Chinese Ambassador to North Korea
Assumed office
March 2015
Preceded byLiu Hongcai
Deputy Head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China
In office
March 2007 – March 2015
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines
In office
December 2005 – March 200
Preceded byWu Hongbo
Succeeded bySong Tao
Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar
In office
January 2001 – December 2005
Preceded byLiang Dong
Succeeded byGuan Mu
Personal details
BornMay 1956 (age 64)
Jiangyin, Jiangsu
NationalityChinese
Political partyCommunist Party of China
ResidencePyongyang, North Korea
Alma materShanghai International Studies University
University of Heidelberg
OccupationPolitician, diplomat
In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Life and career

Li was born and raised in Jiangyin, Jiangsu. He entered Shanghai International Studies University in September 1972, majoring in German language, where he graduated in March 1974. Then he was accepted to the University of Heidelberg and graduated in April 1976. After graduation, he returned to China and that year he was assigned to the International Department of the Communist Party of China.[2]

He was Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Huantai County from September 1993 to October 1994.

In January 2001 he was promoted to become the Chinese Ambassador to Burma, a position he held until December 2005, when he was transferred to the Philippines and appointed the Chinese Ambassador.

He became the Deputy Head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China in March 2007, he remained in that position until March 2015, when he was appointed the Chinese Ambassador to North Korea.[3][4]

References
  1. "Biography of Li Jinjun". CPC News (in Chinese). 2015.
  2. 中联部原副部长李进军任驻朝大使.南方都市报
  3. 李进军不再担任中联部副部长 曾任中国驻缅甸、驻菲律宾大使. CE.CN (in Chinese). 2015.
  4. "Chinese president Xi Jinping appointed Li Jinjun the Chinese Ambassador to the North Korea". People.com (in Chinese). 2015.
Diplomatic posts
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Liang Dong (梁栋)		 Chinese Ambassador to Burma
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Guan Mu (管木)
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Wu Hongbo (吴红波)		 Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines
December 2005 – March 200		 Next:
Song Tao (宋涛)
Party political offices
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Diplomatic posts
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Liu Hongcai (刘洪才)		 Chinese Ambassador to North Korea
March 2015-		 Incumbent
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