Wu Xueqian

Wu Xueqian
吴学谦
Wu in 1985
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
March 27, 1993 – March 13, 1998
ChairmanLi Ruihuan
Vice Premier of China
In office
March 25, 1988 – March 5, 1993
PremierLi Peng
6th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
November 19, 1982 – April 12, 1988
PremierZhao Ziyang
Preceded byHuang Hua
Succeeded byQian Qichen
Personal details
Born(1921-12-19)December 19, 1921
Shanghai
DiedApril 4, 2008(2008-04-04) (aged 86)
Beijing
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese吳學謙
Simplified Chinese吴学谦
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Xuéqiān
Wade–GilesWu Hsueh-ch'ien

Wu Xueqian (December 19, 1921 – April 4, 2008) was a Chinese politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1988, and the Vice Premier of China from 1988 to 1993.