Chinese Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago | |
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Inaugural holder | Wang Zhanyuan |
Formation | 1974 |
The Chinese Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Chinese language zh:中国驻特立尼达和多巴哥大使列表 | Observations | Premier of the People's Republic of China | List of prime ministers of Trinidad and Tobago | Term end |
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June 20, 1974 | The People's Republic of China and Trinidad and Tobago established diplomatic relations on June 20, 1974. | Zhou Enlai | Eric Williams | |||
September 1974 | Wang Zhanyuan (PRC Diplomat) | 王占元 | Con residence in Georgetown (Guyana), 1973-1979: Ambassador to Georgetown (Guyana) 1975-1979: Ambassador to Port of Spain 1993: Vilnius | Zhou Enlai | Eric Williams | May 1979 |
August 1979 | Wang Yanchang | 王言昌 | coaccredited | Hua Guofeng | Eric Williams | February 1983 |
September 1983 | Cui Mingtang | 崔明堂 | Zhao Ziyang | George Chambers | May 1987 | |
August 1987 | Zhang Ruizong | 张瑞琮 | Li Peng | A. N. R. Robinson | April 1991 | |
June 1991 | Cheng Shaoliang | 程绍良 | Li Peng | A. N. R. Robinson | July 1994 | |
July 1994 | Lu Shulin | zh:陆树林 | * From July 1994 - March 1998 he was Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Trinidad and Tobago. From January 1999 - May 2002 he was Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan. | Li Peng | A. N. R. Robinson | March 1998 |
April 1998 | Zhang Songxian | 章颂先 | Zhu Rongji | A. N. R. Robinson | October 2001 | |
November 2001 | Xu Ya'nan | 徐亚男 | Zhu Rongji | A. N. R. Robinson | January 2004 | |
March 2004 | Wang Zhiquan | zh:王治权 | Wen Jiabao | George Maxwell Richards | November 2005 | |
February 2006 | Huang Xing (PRC Diplomat) | zh:黄兴 (外交官) | Wen Jiabao | George Maxwell Richards | July 2009 | |
October 2009 | Yang Youming | 杨优明 | Wen Jiabao | George Maxwell Richards | March 2013 | |
April 2013 | Huang Xingyuan | 黄星原 | Li Keqiang | Anthony Carmona | July 2016 | |
August 2016 | Song Yumin | 宋昱旻 | Li Keqiang | Anthony Carmona | March 2023 |
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