Qin Gang

Qin Gang
秦刚
Qin in 2023
State Councilor of the People's Republic of China
In office 12 March 2023 – 24 October 2023 Serving with Li Shangfu, Wang Xiaohong, Wu Zhenglong, Shen Yiqin
Premier	Li Qiang
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 30 December 2022 – 25 July 2023
Premier	Li Keqiang Li Qiang
Preceded by	Wang Yi
Succeeded by	Wang Yi
Chinese Ambassador to the United States
In office 27 July 2021 – 5 January 2023
Preceded by	Cui Tiankai
Succeeded by	Xie Feng
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 7 September 2018 – 27 July 2021 Serving with Zheng Zeguang, Ma Zhaoxu, Luo Zhaohui
Minister	Wang Yi
Preceded by	Li Baodong
Succeeded by	Deng Li
Director of the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office 2 January 2015 – 7 September 2018
Preceded by	Zhang Kunsheng
Succeeded by	Hong Lei
Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office December 2011 – January 2015
Preceded by	Ma Zhaoxu
Succeeded by	Liu Jianchao
Personal details
Born	(1966-03-19) 19 March 1966 (age 58) Tianjin, Hebei, China (now Tianjin, China)
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1988–present)
Spouse	Lin Yan
Children	2
Alma mater	University of International Relations (LLB)
Cabinet	Li Qiang Government
Signature
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	秦刚
Traditional Chinese	秦剛
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qín Gāng

Qin Gang^[a] (born 19 March 1966) is a Chinese former diplomat and politician who served as the 12th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China from December 2022 to July 2023 and as State Councillor of China from March to October 2023.

Qin previously served as Ambassador of China to the United States from 2021 to 2023, vice minister of foreign affairs of China from 2018 to 2021, director of protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2018, and director of information at Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2015. He disappeared in public view in June 2023 and was removed from the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs on 25 July 2023. ^[1][2]

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