Zhang Hanhui
张汉晖
Zhang in 2020
Chinese Ambassador to Russia
Assumed office
10 August 2019
Preceded byLi Hui
Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan
In office
2014–2018
Preceded byLe Yucheng
Succeeded byZhang Xiao
Personal details
BornOctober 1963 (age 60)
Jianping County, Liaoning, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Children1
Alma materShanghai International Studies University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese張漢暉
Simplified Chinese张汉晖

Zhang Hanhui (Chinese: 张汉晖; born October 1963) is a Chinese politician and diplomat, currently serving as the Chinese Ambassador to Russia. Previously he served as deputy minister of Foreign Affairs and Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan.

Biography

Zhang was born in Jianping County, Liaoning, in October 1963. He graduated from Shanghai International Studies University, where he majored in Russian language and literature.[1]

Zhang with Nikolay Kharitonov

After university, he was assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1991 he was reassigned as an attaché and third secretary to the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan. He returned to China in 1995 and assumed the position of third secretary at the Department of European-Central Asian Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2001 he became Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine, a position he held until 2003. He was deputy division chief and division chief of the Department of European-Central Asian Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 2004 and 2014. In 2014 he became Ambassador of China to Kazakhstan, and served until 2018.[2] After a brief stint as assistant foreign minister,[3] he was promoted to deputy minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of relations with European and Central Asian countries.[4][5] On August 10, 2019, he replaced Li Hui as the Chinese Ambassador to Russia.[6][7]

Personal life

Zhang is married and has a daughter.

References

  1. ↑ "Biography of Zhang Hanhui". chinadaily. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  2. ↑ 中国驻哈萨克斯坦大使张汉晖：中哈合作已达到前所未有高水平. chinanews (in Chinese). 2017-06-07.
  3. ↑ 外交部领导层再调整 张汉晖刘显法履新. caixin.com (in Chinese). 2019-02-16.
  4. ↑ Ben Blanchard (30 May 2019). "Taking aim at U.S., China says provoking trade disputes is 'naked economic terrorism'". reuters. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  5. ↑ 张汉晖不再担任外交部副部长. ce.cn (in Chinese). 2019-08-02.
  6. ↑ "New Chinese ambassador arrives in Moscow". tass. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  7. ↑ 原外交部副部长张汉晖履新中国驻俄大使，为何自称“圆梦”？. sohu (in Chinese). 2019-08-11.
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