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: 7/17/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006
Yao Kuangyi 姚匡乙
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for the PRC to Turkey
Born: 1940
Biography
Yao Kuangyi, male, Han nationality, was born in 1940 and is a university graduate.
A Turkish speaker, Yao was second secretary and then first secretary at the Chinese Embassy in Turkey. He returned to China to assume the section chief post at the West Asian and North African Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Yao was later promoted to deputy director-general of the department.
In 1997, he became ambassador to Turkey.
Career Data
| 1997— | Ambassador, Chinese Embassy Turkey, Ankara | |
| Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, West Asian and North African Affairs Department | ||
| Counselor, Chinese Embassy Turkey, Ankara | ||
| Section Chief, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, West Asian and North African Affairs Department | ||
| First Secretary, Chinese Embassy Turkey, Ankara | ||
| Second Secretary, Chinese Embassy Turkey, Ankara | ||
| Deputy Section Chief, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, West Asian and North African Affairs Department |
