List of ambassadors of China to Syria

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Chinese Ambassador to Syria
Incumbent
Shi Hongwei
since 29 January 2023
Inaugural holder Chen Zhifang
FormationDecember 1956;68 years ago (1956-12)

The Chinese Ambassador to Syria is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Syrian Arab Republic.

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List of representatives

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation [1] Ambassador Chinese language
zh:中国驻叙利亚大使列表
Observations List of premiers of the People's Republic of China List of presidents of Syria Term end
December 1956 Chen Zhifang zh:陈志方 Zhou Enlai Shukri al-Quwatli April 1958
May 1962 Xu Yixin zh:徐以新 Zhou Enlai Nazim al-Kudsi December 1965
April 1966 Chen Tan zh:陈坦 Zhou Enlai Nureddin al-Atassi April 1967
June 1969 Qin Jialin zh:秦加林 Zhou Enlai Nureddin al-Atassi May 1974
September 1974 Cao Keqiang zh:曹克强 Zhou Enlai Hafez al-Assad May 1979
September 1979 Lu Weizhao zh:陸維釗 Hua Guofeng Hafez al-Assad March 1983
October 1983 Lin Zhaonan zh:林兆南 Zhao Ziyang Hafez al-Assad March 1986
June 1986 Wang Changyi zh:王昌义 Zhao Ziyang Hafez al-Assad March 1989
December 1988 Zhang Zhen zh:张真 Li Peng Hafez al-Assad May 1993
December 1992 Li Qingyu zh:李清玉 Li Peng Hafez al-Assad October 1995
August 1995 Wu Minmin zh:吴珉珉 Li Peng Hafez al-Assad November 1999
August 1999 Shi Yanchun zh:时延春
  • From October 1997 to November 1999 he was ambassador in Sana'a (Yemen).
Zhu Rongji Hafez al-Assad June 2002
April 2002 Zhou Xiuhua (PRC diplomat) zh:周秀华
  • From July 2000 to August 2002 he was ambassador to Qatar.
Zhu Rongji Bashar al-Assad April 2007
April 2007 Li Huaxin zh:李华新 (* April 1957) married one son. Wen Jiabao Bashar al-Assad August 2011
August 2011 Zhang Xun (diplomat) zh:张迅
  • From June 2007 to December 2010 he was ambassador in Mauritania.
  • From August 2011 to April 2014 he was ambassador in Damascus (Syria).
  • Since October 2015 he is Ambassador to Senegal [2]
Wen Jiabao Bashar al-Assad April 2014
April 2014 Wang Kejian 王克俭 Li Keqiang Bashar al-Assad August 11, 2016
August 11, 2016 Qi Qianjin 齐前进 [3] Li Keqiang Bashar al-Assad
October 30, 2018 Feng Biao 齐前进 Li Keqiang Bashar al-Assad August 2022
January 29, 2023 Shi Hongwei 史宏微 [4] Li Keqiang Bashar al-Assad

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