Liu Jieyi (; born December 1957) is a Chinese diplomat and politician. From March 2018 to December 2022, he was director of the

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. From 2013 to September 2017, he was China's

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to the

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(UN) in

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Biography

Liu was born in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the Capital city, capital of the China, People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's Li ...

. He attended

Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU; ), is a public university in Beijing, China. BFSU boasts the oldest language programs in China offering the largest number of foreign language majors on different educational levels. Located in Haidia ...

and from 1981 to 1987 worked as a translator at the UN offices in

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situa ...

. In 1987, he joined the

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, where he worked in various positions until 2009. From 2009 to 2013, Liu was the Vice Minister of the International Department of the

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of the

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. In 2013, Liu succeeded

Li Baodong Li Baodong (; born April 1955) is a Chinese diplomat who served as the Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations from 2010 to 2013. He was later succeeded by Liu Jieyi. Biography Li was born in April ...

as China's Permanent Representative to the UN in

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. Liu acted as

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four times - in November 2013, February 2015, April 2016 and July 2017. Starting October 2017 and up to March 2018, Liu served as Deputy Director of the

. He was promoted to Director in March 2018, replacing

Zhang Zhijun Zhang Zhijun (; born 1 February 1953) is a Chinese diplomat and politician. From 17 March 2013 to 21 March 2018, he has served as the Minister of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. He is currently the president of the Association ...

Personal life

Liu is married to diplomat Zhang Qiyue. The couple has a son.

References

External links

"Biography of Ambassador Liu"
''China-un.org''. * 1957 births Chinese Communist Party politicians from Beijing Living people People's Republic of China translators Permanent Representatives of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Beijing Foreign Studies University alumni 20th-century Chinese translators 21st-century Chinese translators People's Republic of China politicians from Beijing Writers from Beijing Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party {{China-translator-stub

Biography

Personal life

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