Qin Gang

Qin Gang}} (born 19 March 1966) is a Chinese former diplomat and politician who served as the 12th Minister of Foreign Affairs from December 2022 to July 2023 and as State Councillor from March to October 2023.

Qin previously served as Ambassador of China to the United States from 2021 to 2023, vice minister of foreign affairs of China from 2018 to 2021, director of protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2018, and director of information at Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2015. He disappeared from public view in June 2023 and was removed from the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs on 25 July 2023. According to ''The Washington Post'', Qin had been demoted to a position at an MFA-affiliated publishing house as of September 2024. Provided by Wikipedia