| Ambassador of Liberia to China | |
|---|---|
| Inaugural holder | Joseph Rudolph Grimes |
| Formation | May 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 | 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 | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Li Keqiang | January 2018 |
39°57′39″N 116°26′02″E / 39.960856°N 116.433778°E / 39.960856; 116.433778
References
- Joseph Rudolph Grimes
- October 9, 1989, re-establishing full diplomatic relations at Ambassadorial level with Taiwan
- 9 September 1997: China severs diplomatic relations with Liberia after the latter recognizes Taiwan.
- tw 2003
- Neh Rita Sangai Dukuly Tolbert Archived 2017-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Dudley McKinley Thomas
- 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
