Wu Hongbo

Wu Hongbo (Chinese吴红波, Pinyin Wú Hongbo; MAY 1952 in Shandong Province ) is a Chinese diplomat who was ambassador from 2009 to 2012 the diplomatic mission of the PRC in Germany and since August 2012 Vice - Secretary General of the United Nations.

After graduating, he worked in Beijing since 1976 for the Beijing Service Bureau for Diplomatic Missions. In 1978 he studied at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and came back to Beijing in 1981. In 1983 he was Third Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Department of interpreters and translation services. In 1987 he was Second Secretary in the Office of the affairs of Hong Kong and Macau. The following year, he worked in the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group, which had the task to ensure the smooth transition of Hong Kong to Chinese administration. In 1991, he was First Secretary and Head of Unit in the Office of Hong Kong and Macau. In 1997, he worked in the rank of Counsellor in Hong Kong. He was appointed Deputy Head of Western Europe in 1999. He became deputy director of the Office of the Commissioner in Macao and in the following year, then ambassador in Manila in 2002. In 2005 came his appointment as head of the Central Department of the Foreign Ministry, two years later, his appointment to the ambassador, he was Vice - Minister of Foreign Affairs with responsibility for Europe, the press and consular affairs. His successor in Berlin Shi Mingde.