Li Shengwu

Li Shengwu 李聖五
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nanjing Nationalist Government)
In office March – August 1945
President	Chen Gongbo
Preceded by	Chu Minyi
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	1899 Tai'an, Shandong Province, Qing Dynasty
Died	1985 (aged 87) Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Alma mater	University of Oxford Tokyo Imperial University
Profession	Lawyer, diplomat, politician

Li Shengwu (Chinese: 李聖五; pinyin: Lǐ Shèngwǔ; Wade–Giles: Li Sheng-wu, 1899–1985) was a Chinese politician and diplomat of the Republic of China who later became an important figure of the Nanjing Nationalist Government of Wang Jingwei.

He was born in Tai'an, Shandong Province, during the late Qing Dynasty. Li studied abroad in Japan, graduating from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University, and later getting a law degree from Oxford University in the UK. He became a professor at Fudan University upon returning to China. In 1932, Li started working for the Nationalist government and in December of that year he served as a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs chief administrative office. In 1935, he joined the Hong Kong Institute of International Affairs. It was at that time that Li became acquainted with Wang Jingwei. In June 1937 he returned to work in the foreign ministry.

In 1940, Li joined the Japanese-sponsored Reorganized National Government of China, led by Wang, as a high-ranking official of the judicial department and a member of the Kuomintang (Wang Jingwei faction) central committee. He was also appointed to various other government committees. In September 1941 he was appointed as the ambassador to Germany. In 1942, he was also made as minister to Denmark in addition to his role as the ambassador to Germany. In April 1945, he was named the Minister of Foreign Affairs and appointed to various other government bodies.

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