Ji Pengfei
1983–1990
Li Peng
February 1980 – May 1982
13 September 1982 – 4 May 1982
1979–1981
Zhao Ziyang
6 January 1972 – 18 November 1973
September 1950 – January 1955
Linyi County, Shanxi, Qing Empire
Beijing, People's Republic of China
Ji Pengfei (simplified Chinese: 姬鹏飞; traditional Chinese: 姬鵬飛; pinyin: Jī Péngfēi; February 2, 1910 – February 10, 2000) was a Chinese politician.
Biography
Ji Pengfei was born in Linyi, Yuncheng, Shanxi in 1910. He joined the Chinese Red Army in 1931, and the Chinese Communist Party in 1933.
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Ji Pengfei worked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and led diplomatic missions to East Germany before being appointed as China's first ambassador to the GDR in 1953, being the youngest Chinese ambassador at 43. He was recalled to serve as vice-minister of Foreign Affairs in 1955.
When the Cultural Revolution broke out, he was initially targeted as member of the counter-revolutionary clique ruling the Foreign Ministry, along with Chen Yi and Qiao Guanhua. Nevertheless, he was relatively untouched as he remained at his post. After Chen Yi died in 1972, Ji Pengfei succeeded him as Foreign Minister until 1974, and was elected CCP Central Committee member. He was appointed secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in 1975, and confirmed in 1978. In 1972, he signed Japan-China Joint Communiqué with Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ohira of Japan.
In the post-Cultural Revolution period, Ji Pengfei held several posts. In 1979 he was appointed head of the International Liaison Department of the CCP Central Committee, then vice premier and secretary-general of the State Council from 1980 to 1982, and finally head of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. He also served as Standing Committee member of the Central Advisory Commission, a Party body aimed at helping the retirement of elder officials.
In 1999, his son, Ji Shengde, a senior member of the People's Liberation Army intelligence, was arrested and tried for corruption, selling classified information and diverting public funds, and was sentenced to death penalty. The penalty was commuted to 20 years in prison, when he returned stolen money and denounce other abuses.[citation needed]
Ji Pengfei was praised by the Xinhua News Agency as an outstanding communist fighter, and greatly lauded again in 2010 at a ceremony in the Great Hall of the People to celebrate his 100th birth anniversary.
External links
- http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-713327/Ji-Pengfei
- http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/ziliao/wjrw/3606/t44149.htm
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Chen Yi | Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China 1972–1974 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress 1975–1979 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Secretary General of the State Council 1979–1981 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Head of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office 1983–1990 | Succeeded by |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by | Head of the International Liaison Department of the CCP Central Committee 1979–1982 | Succeeded by |
Diplomatic posts | ||
New title | Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the German Democratic Republic 1953–1955 | Succeeded by |
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- Zhou Enlai
- Chen Yi
- Ji Pengfei
- Qiao Guanhua
- Huang Hua
- Wu Xueqian
- Qian Qichen
- Tang Jiaxuan
- Li Zhaoxing
- Yang Jiechi
- Wang Yi
- Qin Gang
- Wang Yi