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List of ambassadors of Liberia to China

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Ambassador of Liberia to China
since June 25, 2014
Inaugural holderJoseph Rudolph Grimes
FormationMay 18, 1966

The Liberian ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government in Monrovia to the Government of the People's Republic of China.

  • The governments in Taipei and Monrovia recognized each other in the periods of 1957 to 1977, 1989 to 1993 and 1997 to 2003.

List of representatives

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation ambassador Observations President of Liberia Premier of the Republic of China Term end
May 18, 1966 Joseph Rudolph Grimes [1] William Tubman Yen Chia-kan
September 1, 1974 Ernest Eastman William R. Tolbert Jr. Chiang Ching-kuo October 1, 1975
Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation ambassador Observations President of Liberia Premier of the People's Republic of China Term end
February 17, 1977 the governments of Beijing and Monrovia took up diplomatic relations William R. Tolbert Jr. Hua Guofeng
May 4, 1978 John Daniel Cox William R. Tolbert Jr. Hua Guofeng 1981
1981 George Toe Washington Samuel Doe Zhao Ziyang 1983
1984 John Christopher Ricks Samuel Doe Zhao Ziyang April 1, 1988


Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation ambassador Observations President of Liberia Premier of the Republic of China Term end
October 9, 1989 the governments of Taipei and Monrovia took up diplomatic relations[2] Samuel Doe Lee Huan January 1, 1993
January 1, 1993 Amos Sawyer Lien Chan
July 25, 1995 Amos Sawyer Li Peng
January 1, 1997 9 September 1997: the government in Beijing severs diplomatic relations with Liberia after the latter recognizes Taiwan.[3] Ruth Perry Vincent Siew
February 1997 John Cummings (Liberian diplomat) Ruth Perry has stressed that this position remains unchanged, but in early February Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) sent his own envoy, John Cummings, as "ambassador" to Taiwan. During his visit, Mr Taylor pledged to re-establish diplomatic relations with Taipei.[4] Ruth Perry Tang Fei October 2003
January 1, 2003 Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) Yu Shyi-kun
Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation ambassador Observations President of Liberia Premier of the People's Republic of China Term end
July 27, 2005 Neh Rita Sangai Dukuly Tolbert held ambassadorships to France, UNESCO, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Spain.[5] Gyude Bryant Wen Jiabao November 26, 2010
July 26, 2013 Jarjar Massaquoi Kamara 31.07.2014 - he takes up his new assignment in Beijing. He succeeds His Excellency. Jarjar Kamara, who now serves as Ambassador at-interim in Brussels, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Li Keqiang June 25, 2014
June 25, 2014 Dudley McKinley Thomas 2001 he was ambassador in Bern, 2009 he was ambassador in Paris.[6] Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Li Keqiang

39°57′39″N 16°26′02″E / 39.960856°N 16.433778°E / 39.960856; 16.433778

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References

  1. ^ Joseph Rudolph Grimes
  2. ^ October 9, 1989, re-establishing full diplomatic relations at Ambassadorial level with Taiwan
  3. ^ 9 September 1997: China severs diplomatic relations with Liberia after the latter recognizes Taiwan.
  4. ^ tw 2003
  5. ^ Neh Rita Sangai Dukuly Tolbert Archived 2017-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Dudley McKinley Thomas
  7. ^ Wolfgang Bartke [es], The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of November 1984, Institut für Asienkunde, 1985, 120 p., p. 101
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