Song Tao | |||||||
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宋涛 | |||||||
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Song_Tao_2019_(cropped).jpg) Song in 2019 | |||||||
| Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office | |||||||
| Assumed office 28 December 2022 | |||||||
| Premier | Li Keqiang Li Qiang | ||||||
| Preceded by | Liu Jieyi | ||||||
| Head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||
| In office 19 November 2015 – 2 June 2022 | |||||||
| General secretary | Xi Jinping | ||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Jiarui | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Liu Jianchao | ||||||
| Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines | |||||||
| In office September 2007 – October 2008 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Li Jinjun | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Liu Jianchao | ||||||
| Chinese Ambassador to Guyana | |||||||
| In office March 2002 – August 2004 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Wu Zhenglong | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Shen Qing | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | April 1955 (age 69) Suqian, Jiangsu, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Fujian Normal University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 宋涛 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 宋濤 | ||||||
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Song Tao (Chinese: 宋涛; born April 1955) is a Chinese politician and diplomat, currently serving as director of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office since December 2022. He served as head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party from 2015 to 2022. He was previously Chinese ambassador to Guyana, the Philippines, the disciplinary chief of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and executive deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office.