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Revision History:

Biography Revised: 8/24/2013
Career Data Updated: 8/24/2013

PHOTO: Li Baodong
Li Baodong 李保东
Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Born: 1955

Biography Highlight

Li Baodong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Beijing Municipality. He was born in 1955 and graduated from Beijing Foreign Language Institute of China in 1977. After that, Li had served for Foreign Affairs Ministry of State Council of China for almost 20 year from 1986 to 2005. From 2006 to 2010, Li served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland. From 2010 to 2013 Li was served as Plenipotentiary Ambassador and Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations. In 2013 he became Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Recent Career Data

2013— Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2010—2013 Permanent Representative, United Nations USA, New York, New York
2010—2013 Plenipotentiary Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations USA, New York, New York
2006—2010 Plenipotentiary Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations, Geneva Office Switzerland, Geneva
2006—2010 Permanent Representative, United Nations, Geneva Office Switzerland, Geneva
2005—2006 Plenipotentiary Ambassador, Chinese Embassy Zambia, Lusaka
1998—2005 Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department
1998—2005 Senior Official, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
1997—1998 Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department
1995—1997 Counselor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department

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