Ma Zhaoxu

H.E. Ambassador
Ma Zhaoxu
马朝旭
Ma Zhaoxu
Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations
Assumed office
25 January 2018
Preceded by Liu Jieyi
Permanent Representative of China to United Nations Office in Geneva
In office
6 April 2016 – 6 January 2018
President Xi Jinping
Premier Li Keqiang
Preceded by Wu Hailong
Succeeded by Yu Jianhua
China Ambassador to Australia
In office
23 August 2013 – 2016
Preceded by Chen Yuming
Succeeded by Cheng Jingye
Personal details
Born (1963-09-01) 1 September 1963
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Residence New York City, U.S.

Ma Zhaoxu (simplified Chinese: 马朝旭; traditional Chinese: 馬朝旭; pinyin: Mǎ Zhāoxù; born September 1963) is a Chinese diplomat. He has been China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) in New York City since January 2018.

He formerly served as the Chinese Ambassador to Australia, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (PRC), as well as the director-general of its Information Department.

Biography

Ma Zhaoxu was born on 1 September 1963 in Harbin. He graduated from Peking University with a degree in international relations. In 1986, he participated in the inaugural Asian college students debating competition organized by the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) and won the "best debater" award, becoming well known to PRC college students at the time.[1][2]

Ma joined the Foreign Affairs Ministry in 1987 and served in various departments and embassies, including counselor at the PRC embassy in the United Kingdom from 2001 to 2002 and counselor at the PRC embassy in Belgium from 2002 to 2004. He was appointed deputy director of the Policy Planning Department in 2004 and director in 2006. In January 2009, he replaced Liu Jianchao as the director-general of the Information Department as well as the head spokesperson of the ministry.[3][4][5]

Ma is married with one daughter.

Recently, there has been some controversy surrounding Ma Zhaoxu's statement “there are no dissidents in China”, while China responds disapprovingly to the Nobel prize having been awarded to incarcerated Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.

On 6 April 2016, he was appointed as the Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and other International Organizations.[6]

In 2018, Ma succeeded Liu Jieyi as China's Permanent Representative to the UN in New York.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao leaves post, successor was best debater 20 years ago" (in Chinese). China.org.cn. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  2. ↑ "Debater becomes spokesman for Foreign Ministry". China Daily. 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  3. ↑ "Ma Zhaoxu succeeds as director of the Foreign Ministry's Information Department" (in Chinese). Xinhua. 2009-01-15. Archived from the original on 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  4. ↑ "Ma Zhaoxu succeeds Liu Jianchao as director of the Foreign Ministry's Information Department" (in Chinese). People's Daily. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  5. ↑ "New head of information department in China's Foreign Ministry". People's Daily. 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  6. ↑ "Ambassador Ma Zhaoxu Presented Credentials".
  7. ↑ Hong Xiao (1 February 2018). "New UN envoy talks of key China role". China Daily. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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