Zhang Hanhui
{{Short description|Chinese politician and diplomat}}
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| caption = Zhang in 2020
| office1 = Chinese Ambassador to Russia
| term_start1 = 10 August 2019
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| predecessor1 = Li Hui
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| office2 = Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan
| term_start2 = 2014
| term_end2 = 2018
| predecessor2 = Le Yucheng
| successor2 = Zhang Xiao
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| native_name = 张汉晖
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| birth_place = Jianping County, Liaoning, China
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| party = Chinese Communist Party
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| alma_mater = Shanghai International Studies University
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Zhang Hanhui ({{zh|s=张汉晖}}; born October 1963) is a Chinese politician and diplomat, currently serving as the Chinese Ambassador to Russia. Previously he served as deputy minister of Foreign Affairs and Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan.
Biography
Zhang was born in Jianping County, Liaoning, in October 1963. He graduated from Shanghai International Studies University, where he majored in Russian language and literature.{{cite news |title=Biography of Zhang Hanhui |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012diplomats/2012-01/11/content_14422866.htm |access-date=11 August 2019 |work=chinadaily |date=11 January 2012}}
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After university, he was assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1991 he was reassigned as an attaché and third secretary to the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan. He returned to China in 1995 and assumed the position of third secretary at the Department of European-Central Asian Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2001 he became Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine, a position he held until 2003. He was deputy division chief and division chief of the Department of European-Central Asian Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 2004 and 2014. In 2014 he became Ambassador of China to Kazakhstan, and served until 2018.{{cite news|url=http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/06-07/8244160.shtml |script-title=zh:中国驻哈萨克斯坦大使张汉晖：中哈合作已达到前所未有高水平 |work=chinanews |date=2017-06-07 |language=zh}} After a brief stint as assistant foreign minister,{{cite news|url=http://china.caixin.com/2019-02-16/101380490.html |script-title=zh:外交部领导层再调整 张汉晖刘显法履新|work=caixin.com |date=2019-02-16 |language=zh}} he was promoted to deputy minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of relations with European and Central Asian countries.{{cite news |author1=Ben Blanchard |title=Taking aim at U.S., China says provoking trade disputes is 'naked economic terrorism' |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-rhetoric/taking-aim-at-u-s-china-says-provoking-trade-disputes-is-naked-economic-terrorism-idUSKCN1T006T |access-date=11 August 2019 |work=reuters |date=30 May 2019}}{{cite news|url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201908/02/t20190802_32794240.shtml |script-title=zh:张汉晖不再担任外交部副部长 |work=ce.cn |date=2019-08-02 |language=zh}} On August 10, 2019, he replaced Li Hui as the Chinese Ambassador to Russia.{{cite news |title=New Chinese ambassador arrives in Moscow |url=https://tass.com/politics/1072903 |access-date=11 August 2019 |work=tass |date=11 August 2019}}{{cite news|url=http://m.sohu.com/a/332955258_100103081 |script-title=zh:原外交部副部长张汉晖履新中国驻俄大使，为何自称“圆梦”？ |work=sohu |date=2019-08-11 |language=zh}}
Personal life
Zhang is married and has a daughter.
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Category:Shanghai International Studies University alumni
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Liaoning
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Liaoning