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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chinese diplomat and UN official In this Chinese name, the family name is Xia.

Xia Huang
夏煌
Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Great Lakes Region
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2019
Preceded by	Said Djinnit
Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of Congo
In officeOctober 2015 – May 2018
Preceded by	Guan Jian
Succeeded by	Ma Fulin
Chinese Ambassador to Senegal
In officeSeptember 2012 – September 2015
Preceded by	Gong Yuanxing
Succeeded by	Zhang Xun
Chinese Ambassador to Niger
In officeNovember 2009 – October 2012
Preceded by	Chen Gonglai
Succeeded by	Shi Hu
Personal details
Born	January 1962 (age 63)Zhu County, Hebei, China
Party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	China Foreign Affairs UniversityUniversity of LiègeÉcole nationale d'administration

Xia Huang (Chinese: 夏煌; pinyin: Xià Huáng; born January 1962) is a Chinese diplomat who currently serves as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Great Lakes Region, a position he took up on April 1, 2019.[1]

Biography

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Xia was born in Zhu County, Hebei, in January 1962. After the Resumption of College Entrance Examination in 1980, he entered the China Foreign Affairs University, where he graduated in August 1985. He went to the Law School of the University of Liège in Belgium for further study. After university, he interned at the Chinese Embassy in Belgium.[citation needed]

Xia returned to China in January 1987 and that same year became an official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In August 1990 he was sent to Gabon, where he worked as an attaché. In September 1996, he was accepted to the École nationale d'administration and graduated in February 1998. Then he worked in the Translation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[citation needed]

He was counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in France in June 2002, and held that office until July 2007. Then he served as an official in the Standing Committee of the Jiamusi Chinese Communist Party Committee. In November 2009 he was appointed Chinese Ambassador to Niger, a position he held until October 2012, when he was transferred to Senegal and appointed the Chinese Ambassador. In October 2015 he became Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of Congo, and served until May 2018. He was appointed Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Great Lakes Region in January 2019 by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.[2]

References

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1. ^ "Haley Tried to Block Appointment of Chinese Diplomat". Foreign Policy. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
2. ^ 联合国秘书长任命夏煌为非洲大湖地区问题特使. People's Daily (in Chinese). 2019-01-23.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded byChen Gonglai	Chinese Ambassador to Niger 2009–2012	Succeeded byShi Hu
Preceded byGong Yuanxing	Chinese Ambassador to Senegal 2012–2015	Succeeded byZhang Xun
Preceded byGuan Jian	Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of Congo 2015–2018	Succeeded byMa Fulin

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