Office1: | Chinese Ambassador to Libya |
Term Start1: | July 2013 |
Term End1: | July 2017 |
Predecessor1: | Wang Wangsheng |
Successor1: | Wang Qimin (acting) |
Office2: | 1st Chinese Ambassador to South Sudan |
Term Start2: | September 2011 |
Term End2: | July 2013 |
Predecessor2: | New title |
Successor2: | Ma Qiang |
Office3: | Chinese Ambassador to Bahrain |
Term Start3: | 2006 |
Term End3: | 2009 |
Predecessor3: | Wu Congyong |
Successor3: | Yang Weiguo |
Li Zhiguo | |
Native Name: | 李志国 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Birth Place: | Heilongjiang, China |
Party: | Chinese Communist Party |
Alma Mater: | Beijing Foreign Studies University |
Li Zhiguo (; born October 1956) is a Chinese diplomat and the Chinese ambassador to Libya.[1]
Li was born in Heilongjiang, in October 1956. He graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University, majoring in English language.
From 1997 to 2001 he was China's consulate general in Dubai.
In 2006 he was promoted to become the Chinese Ambassador to Bahrain, a position he held until 2009.
He was China's consulate general in Juba in November 2010, and held that office until August 2011.
In September 2011, he was appointed the Chinese Ambassador to South Sudan by Chinese president Hu Jintao,[2] [3] he remained in that position until July 2013, when he was transferred to Tripoli, capital of Libya, and appointed the Chinese Ambassador.