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Jan 29, 1888 Jiading District, Shanghai, China Died on 14 Nov 1985 (aged 97)
Republic of China diplomat
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About Wellington Koo
- Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Gù Wéijun; Wade–Giles: Ku Wei-chün; 29 January 1888 – 14 November 1985) was a Chinese statesman of the Republic of China.
- He was one of China's representatives at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919; served as an ambassador to France, Great Britain and the United States; was a participant in the founding of the League of Nations and the United Nations; and sat as a judge on the International Court of Justice in The Hague from 1957 to 1967.
- Between October 1926 and June 1927, while serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Koo briefly held the concurrent positions of acting Premier and interim President of the Republic of China.
- Koo was the first and only Chinese head of state known to use a Western name publicly.
- While his presidency was brief, his extraordinary lifespan of 97 years makes him the longest-lived person ever to have led China.
