Deng Xijun
Deng Xijun | |
|---|---|
邓锡军 | |
| Special Envoy for Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China | |
| Assumed office December 2022 | |
| Ambassador of China to ASEAN | |
| Preceded by | Huang Xilian |
| Succeeded by | Hou Yanqi |
| Ambassador of China to Afghanistan | |
| Preceded by | Xu Feihong |
| Succeeded by | Yao Jing |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1962 (age 62–63) |
| Alma mater | Fudan University China Foreign Affairs University |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Awards | Sayyid Jamal al-Din al-Afghani Medal (Afghanistan) |
Deng Xijun (Chinese: 邓锡军; pinyin: Dèng Xījūn; born June 1962) is a Chinese diplomat, serving as the Special Envoy for Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. Previously he served as Ambassador of China to Afghanistan between 2013 and 2015 and Ambassador of China to ASEAN between 2020 and 2022.
Biography
Deng graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages of Fudan University. In 1983, he entered the China Foreign Affairs University to study diplomacy. In October 1985, Deng began his diplomatic career as staff member and then attaché at the embassy of China in Myanmar. In 1988, he served as attaché in the Department of Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, later becoming third secretary. In 1992, he was assigned to the embassy of China in the Philippines as third secretary and later second secretary.
In 1995, he became second secretary in the Department of Asian Affairs, subsequently being promoted to deputy division director. In 1997, he transferred to the embassy of China in Malaysia as second and then first secretary. In 1999, he became first secretary at the embassy of China in Singapore. In 2001, he was first secretary at the Department for Party-Related Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In 2002, he served as political counselor at the Embassy of China in Afghanistan. In 2004, Deng studied at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. In 2005, he became counselor at the Department of Asian Affairs, and in 2006, political counselor at the embassy of China in the Philippines.
In 2009, he was appointed deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. In 2011, he served as minister-counselor at the embassy of China in India.
In September 2013, Deng was appointed Ambassador of China to Afghanistan.[1]
In early October 2015, Deng stepped down as Ambassador to Afghanistan and returned to China.[2] Earlier, in September 2015, he was appointed Special Envoy for Afghan Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.[3]
In January 2020, Deng was appointed Ambassador of China to ASEAN.[4] He left the post in November 2022.[5] In December 2022, he was appointed Special Envoy for Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.[6]
Honours
Foreign orders and decorations
- Sayyid Jamal al-Din al-Afghani Medal (Afghanistan, presented at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on 3 October 2015)[7]
Personal life
Deng is married and has one son.
References
- ^ "邓锡军大使简历". 中华人民共和国驻阿富汗伊斯兰共和国大使馆. 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "遵循两年一换惯例，邓锡军将卸任中国驻阿富汗大使". 澎湃新闻. 24 September 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ "邓锡军被任命为阿富汗事务特使，此前刚卸任中国驻阿富汗大使". 澎湃新闻. 4 November 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ "邓锡军大使简历". 中华人民共和国驻东盟使团. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "邓锡军大使辞行拜会东盟秘书长林玉辉". 中华人民共和国驻东盟使团. 17 November 2022. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "中国新任命的亚洲事务特别代表访问缅甸". 缅华网. 29 December 2022. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "阿富汗总统加尼向邓锡军大使授予萨义德·贾马鲁丁·阿富汗勋章". 中华人民共和国驻阿富汗伊斯兰共和国大使馆. 3 October 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.