Researching Wu Ken
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Records of Wu Ken on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Wu Ken and the Ken Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Ken Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Ken family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Wu Ken at Find My Past.
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Ken Family Tree Databases
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Ken Forums
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Wu Ken
Wu Ken (Chinese: 吴恳, Wú Kěn) (born 1961 in Hunan, China) is a Chinese diplomat.
Wu Ken started his diplomatic career in the personnel department of the P.R. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After attending a postgraduate course at the 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 P.R. China's 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 P.R. China's 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 P.R. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 2007 Wu Ken has been the P.R. China's ambassador to Switzerland. In May 2016 he was appointed as ambassador in The Hague, The Netherlands.
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