Xia Huang
{{Short description|Chinese diplomat and UN official}}
{{Family name hatnote|Xia|lang=Chinese}}
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| office1 = Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Great Lakes Region
| term_start1 = April 2019
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| predecessor1 = Said Djinnit
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| office2 = Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of Congo
| term_start2 = October 2015
| term_end2 = May 2018
| predecessor2 = Guan Jian
| successor2 = Ma Fulin
| office3 = Chinese Ambassador to Senegal
| term_start3 = September 2012
| term_end3 = September 2015
| predecessor3 = Gong Yuanxing
| successor3 = Zhang Xun
| office4 = Chinese Ambassador to Niger
| term_start4 = November 2009
| term_end4 = October 2012
| predecessor4 = Chen Gonglai
| successor4 = Shi Hu
| name = Xia Huang
| native_name = 夏煌
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962|01}}
| birth_place = Zhu County, Hebei, China
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| party = Chinese Communist Party
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| alma_mater = China Foreign Affairs University
University of Liège
École nationale d'administration
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Xia Huang ({{zh|c=夏煌|p=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.{{cite news |date=14 February 2019 |title=Haley Tried to Block Appointment of Chinese Diplomat |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/02/14/united-nations-china-xia-huang-influence-africa-great-lakes-diplomacy-nikki-haley-united-states-international-organizations/ |access-date=17 February 2019 |work=Foreign Policy}}
Biography
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.{{cn|date=August 2024}}
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.{{cn|date=August 2024}}
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.{{cite news |date=2019-01-23 |title= |script-title=zh:联合国秘书长任命夏煌为非洲大湖地区问题特使 |url=http://world.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0123/c1002-30586325.html |work=People's Daily |language=zh}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of Congo|years=2015–2018}}
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Category:China Foreign Affairs University alumni
Category:University of Liège alumni
Category:École nationale d'administration alumni
Category:Ambassadors of China to Senegal
Category:Ambassadors of China to Niger
Category:Special Envoys of the Secretary-General of the United Nations