Liu Shaobin (; born August 1963) is a Chinese diplomat, currently serving as Chinese Ambassador to Turkey.

Early life and education

Liu was born in August 1963, and graduated from the Department of Japanese,

Wuhan University Wuhan University (WHU; ) is a public research university in Wuhan, Hubei. The university is sponsored by the Ministry of Education. Wuhan university was founded as one of the four elite universities in the early republican period of China and i ...

Political career

Liu joined the Foreign Service and has served primarily in

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. In 2018, he became director of the Department of Foreign Security Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 5 October 2020, President

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, s ...

appointed him Chinese Ambassador to Turkey according to the decision of the

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Standing Committee, succeeding Deng Li.

References

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