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Qin Gang

Diplomat · Politician

Qin Gang is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Qin Gang · Čchin Kang · Цинь Ган · Цінь Ґан · Ցին Կան · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Qín Gāng · しんごう				[sources]
Weak alias	Qin · チンカン · チンガン · チン・カン · チン・ガン · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1966-03-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Huailai County · Tianjin				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	China				[sources]
Citizenship	China				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Description	天津 delegation				[sources]
First name	Gang				[sources]
Last name	Qin				[sources]
Political association	Chinese Communist Party · 中共				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7216297				[sources]
Position	Foreign Ministry Spokesperson of the People's Republic of China · Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (2022-2023) · State councillor (2023-2023) · Vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (2018-2021) · ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States (2021-2022)				[sources]
Education	University of International Relations				[sources]
Ethnicity	汉族				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-12	Last processed	2026-02-24	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

former Foreign Affairs Minister of China

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-08-07

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States	2021-07	2022-12-30

Data sources

China National People's Congress on Wikipedia2,903

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-china-qin-gang-ambassador-to-the-us · cn-npc-wik-2099ca49991a3194d6802c554657f98e8dc4325f

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