Ambassador of China to Cambodia | |
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ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូតចិនប្រចាំនៅកម្ពុជា (Khmer) 中国驻柬埔寨大使 (Chinese) | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of China, Phnom Penh | |
Appointer | The President pursuant to a National People's Congress Standing Committee decision |
Inaugural holder | Ye Jinghao |
Formation | September 1956 |
Website | Chinese Embassy – Phnom Penh |
The Ambassador of China to Cambodia is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Name (English) | Name (Chinese) | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | Note |
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Ye Jinghao | 叶景灏 | September 1956 | September 1958 | |
Wang Youping | 王幼平 | August 1958 | February 1962 | |
Chen Shuliang | 陈叔亮 | February 1962 | May 1967 | |
Zheng Sixiong | 郑斯雄 | 1967 | 1969 | |
Kang Maozhao | 康矛召 | June 1969 | August 1974 | |
Sun Hao | 孙浩 | August 1974 | March 1982 | |
Shen Ping | 沈平 | April 1983 | August 1985 | |
Zhang Dewei | 张德维 | August 1985 | March 1989 | |
Li Shichun | 李世淳 | March 1989 | October 1991 | |
Fu Xuezhang | 傅学章 | October 1991 | September 1993 | |
Yang Yaozong | 杨耀宗 | September 1993 | September 1997 | |
Xie Yue'e | 谢月娥 | September 1993 | March 1997 | |
Yan Ting'ai | 晏廷爱 | May 1997 | April 2000 | |
Ning Fukui | 宁赋魁 | April 2000 | November 2003 | |
Hu Qianwen | 胡乾文 | January 2004 | December 2005 | |
Zhang Jinfeng | 张金凤 | January 2006 | March 2010 | |
Pan Guangxue | 潘广学 | March 2010 | June 2013 | [1] |
Bu Jianguo | 布建国 | July 2013 | August 2016 | [2] |
Xiong Bo | 熊波 | September 2016 | September 2018 | [3] |
Wang Wentian | 王文天 | November 2018 | 5 July 2024 | [4] |
Wang Wenbin | 汪文斌 | 5 July 2024 | Incumbent | [5] |
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