Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 6/11/2007
Career Data Updated: 6/11/2007
Li Zhaoxing 李肇星
Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Biography
Li Zhaoxing, male, Han nationality, is a native of Shandong Province. He was born in 1930 and is a graduate of Beijing University.
After an initial seven-year tour at the Chinese embassy in Kenya, Li was assigned to the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After a tour as 1st Secretary in the embassy in Lesotho, Li returned to the Information Department of the Ministry, becoming both director-general and spokesman.
Li is a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee.
From 1993 to 2001, he moved from ambassador to the UN, to ambassador to the US, and to vice-minister in charge of American and Latin American affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Li served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003-2007.
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