Kong Xuanyou
{{Short description|Chinese diplomat}}
{{Family name hatnote|Kong|lang=Chinese}}
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| image = Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou - 2019 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Kong in April 2019
| office1 = Chinese Ambassador to Japan
| term_start1 = 30 May 2019
| term_end1 = 28 February 2023
| predecessor1 = Cheng Yonghua
| successor1 = Wu Jianghao
| office2 = Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
| term_start2 = January 2018
| term_end2 = May 2019
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| successor2 =
| 1blankname2 = Minister
| 1namedata2 = Wang Yi
| office3 = Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
| term_start3 = December 2015
| term_end3 = January 2018
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| 1blankname3 = Minister
| 1namedata3 = Wang Yi
| office4 = Director of Department of Asian Affairs
| term_start4 = May 2014
| term_end4 = December 2015
| predecessor4 = Luo Zhaohui
| successor4 = Xiao Qian
| office5 = Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam
| term_start5 = August 2011
| term_end5 = May 2014
| predecessor5 = Sun Guoxiang
| successor5 = Hong Xiaoyong
| name = Kong Xuanyou
| native_name = 孔铉佑
| native_name_lang = zh
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1959|07}}
| birth_place = Heilongjiang, China
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| party = Chinese Communist Party
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| alma_mater = Shanghai International Studies University
China Foreign Affairs University
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Kong Xuanyou or Gong Hyeon-U ({{zh|s=孔铉佑}}; {{langx|ko|공현우}}; born July 1959) is a Chinese diplomat. He was the Chinese Ambassador to Japan from 2019 to 2023, and previously served as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2019.
Biography
Kong was born to an ethnic Korean family in Heilongjiang province in 1959.{{Cite web |date=2014-04-14 |title=조선족 공현우 아주사장으로, 사상 최초 |url=http://hljxinwen.dbw.cn/system/2014/04/14/000837376.shtml |website=Dongbei net}} Between 1979 and 1983, he studied Arabic and Japanese languages at Shanghai International Studies University. Between 1983 and 1985 he studied foreign relations at China Foreign Affairs University.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}
His first diplomatic post was in the Chinese consulate of Osaka as a clerk (1985–1989). In 2006, he was appointed the envoy of the embassy of China in Japan. Between 2011 and 2014, he was the ambassador of China in Vietnam. After working briefly as the deputy of Asian affairs, he was appointed the assistant minister of the ministry of foreign affairs in 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/web/wjb_673085/zygy_673101/kxy_685118/grjl_685124/|title=孔铉佑 个人简历|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1409067|title=外交部亚洲司司长孔铉佑升任部长助理|last=Jiang|first=Ziwen|date=2015-12-15|work=The Paper}} In August 2017, Gong succeeded Wu Dawei as the chief representative of China in Six-party talks.{{Cite web|url=http://chinese.donga.com/Home/3/all/28/1017934/1|title=中六方会谈首席代表、朝鲜族出身的孔铉佑被任命为部长助理|last=尹|first=完準|website=The Dong-a Ilbo}} He assumed the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs position in January 2018 until he was appointed as Ambassador to Japan.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
According to South Korean media JoongAng Ilbo, when meeting with delegations of Korean parliamentarians, Kong expressed his regret on Korea's decision of deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), but did not wish for Sino-Korean relations to worsen because of that.{{Cite news|url=http://japanese.joins.com/article/313/224313.html|title=「中国国民、テレビで韓国アイドルを見れば嫌悪感…それで制裁」|date=2017-01-05|work=JoongAng Ilbo}}
Personal life
Kong is married and has one daughter. Kong is said to be close friends with the former Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, as they worked together in Japan.{{Cite news |last=Zhang |first=Di |date=2017-08-15 |title=孔铉佑接替武大伟任朝鲜事务特别代表 他是谁？ |work=解放日报 |url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-08-15/doc-ifyixtym4979231.shtml}}
Awards and honors
- {{flag|Pakistan}}:
- 60px Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam (2019){{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/470883-hilal-e-quaid-e-azam-conferred-on-vice-foreign-minister-of-china-kong-xuanyou-in-beijing|title=‘Hilal-e-Quaid-e-Azam’ conferred on Vice Foreign Minister of China Kong Xuanyou in Beijing|newspaper=The News International|date=2019-05-13|access-date=June 24, 2023}}
- {{flag|Vietnam}}:
- 60px Friendship Order (2014){{cite web|url=https://en.vietnamplus.vn/outgoing-chinese-ambassador-receives-friendship-order/58977.vnp|title=Outgoing Chinese Ambassador receives Friendship Order|newspaper=Vietnam+|date=2014-04-11|access-date=June 24, 2023}}
- 60px “For Peace and Friendship of Nations” insignia of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Association (2014){{cite web|url=https://en.vietnamplus.vn/chinese-ambassador-receives-vufo-insignia/58654.vnp|title=Chinese ambassador receives VUFO insignia|newspaper=Vietnam+|date=2019-04-03|access-date=June 24, 2023}}
References
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{{s-bef| before = Sun Guoxiang ({{lang|zh|孙国祥}})}}
{{s-ttl| title = Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam| years = 2011–2014}}
{{s-aft| after = Hong Xiaoyong}}
{{s-bef| before = Luo Zhaohui ({{lang|zh|罗照辉}})}}
{{s-ttl| title = Director of Department of Asian Affairs| years = 2014–2015}}
{{s-aft| after = Xiao Qian}}
{{s-bef| before = Cheng Yonghua}}
{{s-ttl| title = Chinese Ambassador to Japan| years = 2019–2023}}
{{s-aft| after = Wu Jianghao}}
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Category:Ambassadors of China to Vietnam
Category:Chinese people of Korean descent
Category:Recipients of Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam
Category:Recipients of the Friendship Order
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Heilongjiang
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Heilongjiang