Qin Gang | |||||||
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秦刚 | |||||||
.jpg) Qin in 2023 | |||||||
| State Councilor of the People's Republic of China | |||||||
| In office 12 March 2023 – 24 October 2023 | |||||||
| Premier | Li Qiang | ||||||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||
| In office 30 December 2022 – 25 July 2023 | |||||||
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| Preceded by | Wang Yi | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Wang Yi | ||||||
| Chinese Ambassador to the United States | |||||||
| In office 27 July 2021 – 5 January 2023 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Cui Tiankai | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Xie Feng | ||||||
| Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||
| In office 7 September 2018 – 27 July 2021 | |||||||
| Minister | Wang Yi | ||||||
| Preceded by | Li Baodong | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Deng Li | ||||||
| Director of the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |||||||
| In office 2 January 2015 – 7 September 2018 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Zhang Kunsheng | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Hong Lei | ||||||
| Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |||||||
| In office December 2011 – January 2015 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Ma Zhaoxu | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Liu Jianchao | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | 19 March 1966 Tianjin, Hebei, China (now Tianjin, China) | ||||||
| Disappeared | June 2023 | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1988–present) | ||||||
| Spouse | Lin Yan | ||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||
| Alma mater | University of International Relations (LLB) | ||||||
| Cabinet | Li Qiang Government | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 秦刚 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 秦剛 | ||||||
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Qin Gang[a] (born 19 March 1966) is a Chinese former diplomat and politician who served as the 12th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China from December 2022 to July 2023 and as State Councillor of China from March to October 2023.
Qin previously served as Ambassador of China to the United States from 2021 to 2023, vice minister of foreign affairs of China from 2018 to 2021, director of protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2018, and director of information at Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2015. He disappeared from public view in June 2023 and was removed from the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs on 25 July 2023.[1][2]
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