周竹安1949年9月调外交部工作,曾任外交部第一任机要处长、办公厅副主任兼秘书处处长。1954年10月至1958年1月任驻保加利亚大使,后任四届全国政协委员。1949年11月8日上午10时,中华人民共和国外交部成立,参加成立大会的不到100人。当李克农副部长宣布干部任命时,宣布机要处长为 Zhou Zhu’an was transferred to the Foreign Ministry in September 1949. He used to be the first chief director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the deputy director of the general office and the chief of the secretariat. From October 1954 to January 1958, he was ambassador to Bulgaria and later served as a member of the Fourth CPPCC National Committee. At 10 a.m. on November 8, 1949, less than 100 people attended the founding conference of the People’s Republic of China Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When Vice Minister Li Kenong announced the appointment of a cadre, he announced that the chief superintendent should be