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Ambassador Hugo Yon

Ambassador Hugo Yon

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs , U.S. Department of State

Ambassador Hugo Yon serves as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Economics, Energy, and Business Affairs, bringing extensive expertise in international economic and energy policy to America's global commercial diplomacy. Mr. Yon most recently served as the first U.S. Ambassador to the Maldives — a strategically located nation in the Indo-Pacific energy corridor. His career spans senior roles at the White House National Security Staff, including Director for Finance and Economics, and postings across major energy-consuming economies including India, Indonesia, China, and Taiwan. Mr. Yon holds advanced degrees from Princeton University and University of California at Berkeley and speaks Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, and Indonesian.

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