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{{Short description|Chinese diplomat}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2013}}
{{Family name hatnote|[[Wu (surname)|Wu]]|lang=Chinese}}
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| office1           = [[List of ambassadors of China to Germany|Chinese Ambassadors to Germany]]
| term_start1       = March 2019
| term_end1         =
| predecessor1      = [[Shi Mingde (diplomat)|Shi Mingde]]
| successor1        =
| office2           = [[List of ambassadors of China to the Netherlands|Chinese Ambassadors to the Netherlands]]
| term_start2       = April 2016
| term_end2         = February 2019
| predecessor2      = [[Chen Xu (diplomat)|Chen Xu]]
| successor2        = Xu Hong
| office3           = [[List of ambassadors of China to Switzerland|Chinese Ambassadors to Switzerland]]
| term_start3       = September 2010
| term_end3         = July 2013
| predecessor3      = {{ill|Dong Jinyi|zh|董津义}}
| successor3        = {{ill|Xu Jinghu|zh|许镜湖}}
| office4           = [[List of ambassadors of China to Austria|Chinese Ambassadors to Austria]]
| term_start4       = October 2007
| term_end4         = August 2010
| predecessor4      = {{ill|Lu Yonghua (diplomat)|zh|卢永华 (外交官)|lt=Lu Yonghua}}
| successor4        = Shi Mingde
| name              = Wu Ken
| native_name       = 吴恳
| native_name_lang  = zh
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| birth_date        = {{birth year and age|1961|01}}
| birth_place       = [[Hunan]], China
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| party             = [[Chinese Communist Party]]
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| alma_mater        = [[Wuhan University]]
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'''Wu Ken''' ({{zh|s=吴恳|p=Wú Kěn}}; born 1961) is a Chinese diplomat who has been serving as the Chinese ambassador to Germany since March 2019.
==Biography==
Wu was born 1961 in [[Hunan]], China.
Wu Ken started his diplomatic career in the personnel department of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]. After attending a postgraduate course at the [[Goethe University Frankfurt|University of Frankfurt]], Wu Ken worked as an Attaché of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the department of Soviet- and Eurasian affairs. In 1990 he was appointed as Attaché and 3rd Secretary of the [[Embassy of China, Berlin|Chinese embassy in Germany]]. From 1993 to 1998, Wu Ken occupied the following posts: 3rd secretary, assistant sector leader and sector leader of the personnel department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In 1998, he was assigned as embassy counselor of the Chinese embassy in Austria. From 2001 to 2007 he worked as the assistant head and later head of the personnel department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between October 2007 and August 2010, Wu Ken was China's ambassador to Austria. He then served as the Chinese ambassador to Switzerland from September 2010 to July 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Remarks by Chinese Ambassador WU Ken At the Closing Ceremony of "Culturescapes China 2010" |url=http://www.china-embassy.ch/fra/sghd/t775167.htm |access-date=16 September 2023 |date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202803/http://www.china-embassy.ch/fra/sghd/t775167.htm |archive-date=2015-09-23 }}</ref> In May 2016 he was appointed as ambassador to the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nl.china-embassy.org/eng/sgxx/t1032169.htm|title = 中华人民共和国外交部}}</ref>
He was appointed as the Chinese ambassador to Germany in March 2019. He was appointed as a member of the [[14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]] on 17 January 2023 from the Friendship with Foreign Countries Sector.<ref name=":022">{{Cite web |date=18 January 2023 |title=中国人民政治协商会议第十四届全国委员会委员名单 |trans-title=List of members of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference |url=http://www.cppcc.gov.cn/zxww/2023/01/18/ARTI1674005617470226.shtml |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=5 December 2023 |website=[[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]]}}</ref>
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