Pang Sen

Pang Sen (; born November 1957) is a Chinese diplomat and former ambassador. He previously served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Iran and as vice president and secretary-general of the China United Nations Association.

Biography

Pang was born in November 1957. He received postgraduate education and graduated from Fudan University and Beijing Language and Culture University. Pang joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in 1983 and began his career in the Department of International Organizations and Conferences. Between 1984 and 1989, he served at the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, holding positions including staff member, attaché, and third secretary.

After returning to Beijing, Pang worked in the Ministry's international affairs departments and later served again in Geneva from 1992 to 1996 as second secretary, first secretary, and counsellor. From 1997 to 2000, Pang served as deputy director-general of the Department of Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between 2000 and 2005, he worked as a senior evaluation officer at the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC).

From 2005 to 2010, Pang served as vice president and secretary-general of the China United Nations Association. He subsequently returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as deputy director-general of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences and later as director-general of the Department of Arms Control.

In June 2014, Pang was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Islamic Republic of Iran, serving until June 2019.