Fu Cong

傅聪
Fu in 2024
Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 April 2024PremierLi QiangLeaderXi JinpingPreceded byZhang JunAmbassador of China to the European UnionIn office
16 December 2022 – 25 March 2024Preceded byZhang MingSucceeded byTBA Personal detailsBornJune 1965 (1965-06) (age 58)Political partyChinese Communist Party

Fu Cong (Chinese: 傅聪; pinyin: Fù Cōng; born June 1965) is a Chinese diplomat who works in the service of the People's Republic of China. In December 2022, he was appointed to Brussels as Ambassador of China to the European Union.

Career

In 1987, Fu began working for the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a staff member and attaché.[1] In 1991, he became an attaché to the Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations office in Geneva.[1] In 1992, he returned to China to work once again as an attaché to the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the MFA, being promoted to the positions of Third Secretary and Deputy Director.[1] In 1996, Fu was made Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the PRC to the UN Office in Vienna, returning to China in 1997 to become the Second Secretary of the Department of Arms Control of the MFA.[1] He remained in this department until 2004, achieving the positions of Division Director, Counselor, and Deputy Director over his tenure.[1]

In 2004, Fu was appointed Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.[1] In 2005, he returned to the EU to serve as Counselor to the Permanent Mission of the PRC to the UN office in Geneva.[1] Fu was promoted to Minister Counselor in 2007 before becoming an Advisor to the Director-General of the UN World Health Organization.[1] He served in this role until 2013, when he once again returned to China to become the Cyber Affairs Coordinator for the MFA.[1]

Fu returned to Europe in 2015 to serve as the Chinese representative to the Conference on Disarmament and as the Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva, positions which he held until 3 February 2019.[2] While serving in these positions in Geneva, Fu was appointed Director-General of the Department of Arms Control of the MFA.[3] Fu held this position until his appointment as China's Ambassador to the EU in December 2022.[4] This position was left vacant for nearly one year prior to his appointment.

Fu at IAEA Headquarters in August 2020

On 25 March 2024, he stepped down as Head of the Chinese Mission to the EU.[5] On 13 April 2024, he was appointed as China's Permanent Representative to the UN.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "傅聪大使简历". 2018-03-15. Archived from the original on 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  2. ^ "国家主席习近平任免驻外大使-新华网". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  3. ^ "专访：赋予禁化武组织技秘处追责权充分暴露西方国家的短视——访中国外交部军控司司长傅聪_滚动新闻_中国政府网". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  4. ^ Chik, Holly (11 December 2022). "China fills year-old EU envoy void by naming new ambassador". South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Ambassador Fu Cong, Head of Chinese Mission to the EU, Hosts Farewell Reception". fmprc.gov.cn. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  6. ^ Zuo, Mandy (13 April 2024). "China's EU ambassador Fu Cong to take over United Nations role". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
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