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). He was governor of Shanxi.^[2][3]

References

1. Chen Jian, “China and the First Indo-China War, 1950-54,” The China Quarterly No. 133 (Mar. 1993), pp. 85-110. http://www.jstor.org/stable/654240
2. 罗贵波：从中共中央联络代表到首任驻越南大使
3. 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.