陳雄飛(1911-2004),江蘇上海人。震旦大學、法國巴黎大學博士。1944年進入外交部工作,1949年奉派出使法國,其後歷任駐比利時、盧森堡、烏拉圭大使。1960年代法語非洲各國獨立時,都是他前往商談建交。並參與我國在各種國際組織的會議、保衛在聯合國的席次。在擔任外交部次長代理部務期間,親歷退出聯合國過程,及處理連串斷交事務。退休後仍致力於外交工作,一生可以說就是一部精采的中華民國外交史。
Tchen Hiong-fei (1911-2004) was born in Shanghai. He received Ph.D. degrees in Aurore University of Shanghai and Université de Paris in France. He entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
1944. Later in 1949, Dr. Tchen served as Counselor and Minister Chargé d’affaires to France, then in turn Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and Uruguay in the following years. He played as a
principal negotiator in establishing diplomatic relations with the newly independent Francophone African countries. He participated in lots of international organizations fighting for the seat
of the Republic of China. During his office of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tchen has not only experienced the ROC’s expulsion from the United Nations in 1971, but been also in
charge of the following up rehabilitation the ROC’s diplomatic severing. He devoted himself to diplomatic arena even after his retirement in 1981. The career of His Excellency Ambassador Tchen
Hiong-fei is actually a diplomatic history of the Republic of China.