Yang Mai
Chinese diplomat (born 1923)
Yang Mai (Chinese: 杨迈; pinyin: Yáng Mài; born 1923) is a Chinese diplomat who represented his country as ambassador to Peru and to Guyana.
Biography
In 1946, he studied at Peking University. In 1947, he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Human Rights Protection Committee of the North China Federation of Students. At the beginning of 1948, he served as the commander-in-chief of the joint self-defense force of teachers and students of Haidian University. In May, he left Beijing and went to the Department of Political and Educational Affairs of North China Military and Political University as a theoretical teacher. In May 1950, he was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as a staff member of the Cadre Education Section of the Personnel Office of the General Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was later promoted to deputy section chief. In 1955, the Personnel Department was upgraded to the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He still served as the deputy section chief of the Cadre Education Section of the Personnel Department and was later promoted to section chief. In 1960, he served as the Chief of Cuba Section of the American and Australian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was later assigned as the Second Secretary of the Embassy in Havana. In 1969, he worked at the Hubei Cadre School of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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