Liu Jieyi

as seen in 2015

Liu Jieyi (Chinese: 刘结一; born December 1957) is a Chinese diplomat. Since 2013, he has been China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) in New York.

Liu was born in Beijing. He attended Beijing Foreign Studies University and from 1981 to 1987 worked as a translator at the UN offices in Geneva. In 1987, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, where he worked in various positions until 2009.

From 2009 to 2013, Liu was the Vice Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

In 2013, Liu succeeded Li Baodong as China's Permanent Representative to the UN in New York. Since then, Liu has acted as the President of the UN Security Council four times - in November 2013, in February 2015, in April 2016, and in July 2017.

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