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Jon Huntsman, Jr.
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American politician, businessman and diplomat (born 1960)
Key facts
- President
- Donald Trump
- Preceded by
- John F. Tefft
- Succeeded by
- John Sullivan
- Lieutenant
- Gary Herbert
- Born
- Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. , ( 1960-03-26 ) March 26, 1960 (age 66) , Redwood City, California , U.S.
- Party
- Republican
- Spouse
- Mary Cooper ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1983 )
- Children
- 7, including Abby
- Parent
- Jon Huntsman Sr. (father)
- Relatives
- Peter R. Huntsman (brother)
- Education
- University of Utah (attended), University of Pennsylvania ( BA )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Palo Alto
- Child
- Abby Huntsman
- Father
- Jon Huntsman Sr.
- Occupation
- missionary
- Position held
- United States Ambassador to the Russian Federation
- Educated at
- National Taiwan Normal University
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Latter Day Saints
- Academic degree
- Bachelor of Arts
- Image
- Ambassador Jon Huntsman.jpg
- Significant event
- Paradise Papers
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- Jon Huntsman, Jr.
- date of birth
- 1960-03-26
- name in native language
- Jon Huntsman Jr.
- candidacy in election
- 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
- social media followers
- 95050
- P10632
- Jon Huntsman, Jr.
- National Governors Association biography URL
- www.nga.org/governor/jon-huntsman-2
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Encyclopedic overview
Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. (born March 26, 1960) is an American politician, businessman, and diplomat who served as the 16th governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009. Huntsman is a member of the Republican Party. Huntsman has served three times as an ambassador of the United States: 1992–1993 as ambassador to Singapore, 2009–2011 as ambassador to China, and 2017–2019 as ambassador to Russia.
Huntsman served in every presidential administration from the presidency of Ronald Reagan to the first Donald Trump administration. He began his career as a White House staff assistant for Ronald Reagan, and was appointed deputy assistant secretary of commerce and U.S. ambassador to Singapore by George H. W. Bush. Later as deputy U.S. trade representative under George W. Bush, he launched global trade negotiations in Doha in 2001 and guided the accession of China into the World Trade Organization. He was CEO of Huntsman Family Holdings, a private entity which held the family's stock in Huntsman Corporation. He was a board member of Huntsman Corporation, and chaired the Huntsman Cancer Foundation. Huntsman is the only American ambassador to have served in both Russia and China, having been the U.S. ambassador to China under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2011 and as the U.S. ambassador to Russia under Donald Trump from 2017 to 2019.
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