Luo Guibo

Luo Guibo (Chinese: 罗贵波) (1907–1995) was a Chinese diplomat and People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Nankang County, Jiangxi (modern Nankang District, Ganzhou). He joined the Communist Party of China in 1927. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he was a general officer in the Eighth Route Army. Luo served as director of the Administrative Office of the CCP Military Affairs committee, and in January 1950 was sent to Vietnam as liaison to Ho Chi Minh.[1] He was the first Ambassador of China to North Vietnam (1954–1957).

From October 1957 to October 1970, he was China's Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs.[2] During Hong Kong's 1967 riots, he denounced the British colonial government's "atrocities", "sanguinary oppression" and "collusion with American imperialism against China" in a formal protest presented to the British chargé d'affaires in Beijing.[3]

Luo was governor of Shanxi.[4][5]

References

1. Chen Jian, “China and the First Indo-China War, 1950-54,” The China Quarterly No. 133 (Mar. 1993), pp. 85–110. https://www.jstor.org/stable/654240
2. "Luo Guibo". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. Chinese Communist Party. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
3. Carroll, John M (2007). A Concise History of Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-962-209-878-7.
4. 罗贵波：从中共中央联络代表到首任驻越南大使
5. 中华人民共和国外交部. "中国驻越南历任大使". 中华人民共和国外交部. Retrieved 2012-03-07.

Government offices
Preceded by Wang Qian	Governor of Shanxi 1979–1983	Succeeded by Wang Senhao
Unknown	Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs 1957–1970	Unknown
Diplomatic posts
New office	Ambassador of China to North Vietnam 1954–1957	Succeeded by He Wei