President Obama on Saturday named Republican Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman as the U.S. ambassador to China.
Huntsman has a long resume, including stints as U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, Deputy U.S. Trade Ambassador, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce in the Trade Development Bureau and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for East Asia and the Pacific.
He has a bachelor’s degree in international politics from the University of Pennsylvania.
On a personal note, the fluent speaker of Mandarin Chinese and his wife have seven children, including a daughter adopted from China.
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