List of ambassadors of Kiribati to China

The Kiribati ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government in Tarawa to the Government of China.

Ambassador of Kiribati to China
Inaugural holderAtanroai Baiteke
FormationNovember 13, 1982

List of representatives
Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation ambassador Observations President of Kiribati List of premiers of the Republic of China Term end
June 25, 1980 The governments in Beijing and Tarawa established diplomatic relations. Rota Onorio Zhao Ziyang November 29, 2003[1]
November 13, 1982 Atanroai Baiteke October 6, 1981: High Commissioner (Commonwealth) in Canberra[2] Rota Onorio Zhao Ziyang
November 7, 2003 The governments in Taipei and Tarawa established diplomatic relations. Anote Tong Yu Shyi-kun
June 14, 2013 Teekoa Iuta The Republic of Kiribati’s first ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the ROC, Teekoa Iuta, presented her credentials to President Ma Ying-jeou June 13[3] Anote Tong Jiang Yi-huah May 31, 2018
June 1, 2018 Tessie Lambourne Taneti Maamau William Lai September 20, 2019
September 27, 2019 The governments in Beijing and Tarawa restored diplomatic relations. Taneti Mamau Li Keqiang

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References
  1. Beijing cease the diplomatic relations
  2. Atanroai Baiteke
  3. Teekoa Iuta
  4. Wolfgang Bartke, The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of November 1984 (with biographies), Institut für Asienkunde, 1985 - 120 p., p. 100
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