Le Yucheng

Le Yucheng
Le Yucheng
乐玉成
	Yucheng presenting his credentials to then India President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi (2014)
Deputy Director of the National Radio and Television Administration
	In office; June 2022 – July 2023
Premier	Li Keqiang; Li Qiang
Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; March 2018 – June 2022
Minister	Wang Yi
Premier	Li Keqiang
Succeeded by	Ma Zhaoxu
Chinese Ambassador to India
	In office; 12 September 2014 – 1 April 2016
Preceded by	Wei Wei
Succeeded by	Luo Zhaohui
Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan
	In office; 8 August 2013 – September 2014
Preceded by	Zhou Li
Succeeded by	Zhang Hanhui
Personal details
Born	June 1963 (age 61); Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party

Le Yucheng (Chinese: 乐玉成; pinyin: Lè Yùchéng; born in June 1963) is a Chinese retired diplomat and politician. He served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2018 and 2022.

Career

Born in Yangzhou, in 1986 Yucheng graduated in Russian language and literature at the Nanjing Normal University and then started a diplomacy career joining the Soviet Union's East European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[1] Among other assignments, he served as Minister Counsellor and Minister at the Embassy of the Russian Federation, Chinese ambassador to Kazakhstan between 2013 and 2014, and to India between 2014 and 2016, and deputy director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission.^[1]^[2]

In October 2017, Le was elected as an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and in March 2018, he was appointed deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.^[1]

Once considered a potential successor to Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in June 2022 Le was instead moved to the position of deputy director of the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), which was widely seen as a demotion.^[2]^[3]^[4] He further lost his alternate membership in the Central Committee after the 20th CCP National Congress, and was removed as deputy director of the NRTA in July 2023.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 高楼 (30 March 2018). "中央候补委员乐玉成出任外交部副部长". Sina News. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Career diplomat moves to Chinese state broadcasting body as deputy chief". South China Morning Post. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ Nakazawa, Katsuji (23 June 2022). "Russia hand's demotion signals shift in Xi's strategy". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ Lamperti, Lorenzo (23 January 2023). "Friends with(out) benefits: La Cina non ha intenzione di scaricare la Russia per avvicinarsi all'Occidente". Linkiesta (in Italian). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ Zhuang, Sylvie (31 July 2023). "Career diplomat and Russia expert Le Yucheng retires after move to state media body". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

External links

Le Yucheng at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

[bio-1] 高楼 (30 March 2018). "中央候补委员乐玉成出任外交部副部长". Sina News. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[scp-2] "Career diplomat moves to Chinese state broadcasting body as deputy chief". South China Morning Post. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[3] Nakazawa, Katsuji (23 June 2022). "Russia hand's demotion signals shift in Xi's strategy". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[4] Lamperti, Lorenzo (23 January 2023). "Friends with(out) benefits: La Cina non ha intenzione di scaricare la Russia per avvicinarsi all'Occidente". Linkiesta (in Italian). Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[5] Zhuang, Sylvie (31 July 2023). "Career diplomat and Russia expert Le Yucheng retires after move to state media body". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

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