List of ambassadors of China to Lithuania

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The Chinese Ambassador to Lithuania was the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Lithuania.

List of representatives

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation ambassador Observations List of premiers of the Republic of China Prime Minister of Lithuania Term end
January 1992 Pei Yuanying Li Peng Gediminas Vagnorius March 1992
April 1992 Chen Di "(*1940), concurrently accredited to Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania
  • September 1993 - July 1997 Ambassador to Kazakhstan.
  • From March 1998 to October 2000 he was Ambassador in Warsaw Poland"
Li Peng Gediminas Vagnorius August 1993
September 1993 Wang Zhaoxian Li Peng Adolfas Šleževičius August 1998
September 1998 Guan Hengguang Zhu Rongji Gediminas Vagnorius February 2002
March 2002 Chen Yuming Zhu Rongji Algirdas Brazauskas January 2005
January 2005 Xiang Xiuping Wen Jiabao Algirdas Brazauskas November 2008
January 2009 Tong Mingtao Wen Jiabao Andrius Kubilius December 2011
January 2012 Liu Zengwen Wen Jiabao Andrius Kubilius March 2015
April 2015 Wei Ruixing Li Keqiang Algirdas Butkevičius January 2018
March 2018 [1] [2] Shen ZhifeiAugust 2021 [3]

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On November 18, 2021, Lithuania permitted the establishment of a "Taiwan Representative Office in Lithuania" by Taiwanese officials, against China's formal objections. China articulated a formal protest in this matter and reduced diplomatic relations between the two nations to the level of chargé d'affaires. [4]

References

  1. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China , Chinese Ambassadors to Lithuania, , 驻立陶宛共和国历任大使,
  2. "国家主席习近平任免驻外大使-新华网". Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
  3. "China recalls its ambassador to Lithuania". POLITICO. 2021-08-10. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  4. "中方决定将中立两国外交关系降为代办级-新华网". Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2025-03-20.