Tang Jiaxuan

Tang Jiaxuan
唐家璇
State Councilor
In office
17 March 2003 – 17 March 2008
Serving with Chen Zhili, Hua Jianmin, Cao Gangchuan, Zhou Yongkang
Premier Wen Jiabao
Preceded by Wang Zhongyu, Wu Yi, Ismail Amat
Succeeded by Liu Yandong, Liang Guanglie, Ma Kai, Meng Jianzhu, Dai Bingguo
Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
In office
17 March 1998 – 17 March 2003
Premier Zhu Rongji
Preceded by Qian Qichen
Succeeded by Li Zhaoxing
Personal details
Born (1938-01-17) 17 January 1938
Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, Republic of China
Nationality Chinese
Political party Communist Party of China
Alma mater Fudan University
Peking University
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Tang Jiaxuan (Chinese: 唐家璇; pinyin: Táng Jiāxuán) (born January 17, 1938) was foreign minister of the People's Republic of China from 1998–2003.

After various diplomatic postings in Japan, he became Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1991, Vice minister of foreign affairs in 1993 and Minister of foreign affairs from 1998 to 2003. He continued to serve on the State Council until 2008.

Publications

In 2009, Tang published Jing Yu Xu Feng (Chinese: 劲雨煦风; Chinese: 勁雨煦風; pinyin: Jìng Yǔ Xù Fēng), a memoir covering ten years of Tang's experiences in China's Foreign Ministry from 1998-2008. It was translated into English and published by Harper in 2011 as Heavy Storm & Gentle Breeze: A Memoir of China's Diplomacy.

Government offices
Preceded by
Qian Qichen		 Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
1998–2003 		Succeeded by
Li Zhaoxing
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