Francisco Ou

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Francisco H.L. Ou (Chinese: 歐鴻鍊; born January 5, 1940) is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, serving under President Ma Ying-Jeou.

Ou received his BA from National Chengchi University in 1962. He then went on to serve in the government in several diplomatic capacities, mostly with Central American nations. Ou served as Embassy secretary to Peru (1967-71), ambassador to Nicaragua (1984-85) and Guatemala (1990-96, 2003-8). He has also been director of the Taiwan Commercial Office in Argentina (1986-90) and representative for the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office in Spain (2000-03).