| | :For the [[Louisiana]] [[pizza]] chain founder, see ''[[John Huntsman (Louisiana)]]''. | | :For the [[Louisiana]] [[pizza]] chain founder, see ''[[John Huntsman (Louisiana)]]''. |
| − | '''Jon Meade Huntsman, Jr.''' (born March 26, 1960), is an [[United States|American]] [[business]]man, [[diplomat]] and [[politician]] who is the current United States Ambassador to [[Russia]], a position he assumed in 2017 for [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]]. Previously he was ambassador to [[China]] and [[governor]] of [[Utah]]. He unsuccessfully sought the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nomination for president in 2012,<ref>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2071003,00.html</ref> but withdrew from the race before the South Carolina primaries.<ref>[https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/huntsman-says-hes-quitting-g-o-p-race/]</ref> | + | '''Jon Meade Huntsman, Jr.''' (born March 26, 1960), is an [[United States|American]] [[business]]man, [[diplomat]] and [[politician]] who was [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]]'s Ambassador to [[Russia]], a position he assumed in 2017. Previously he had been ambassador to [[China]] and [[governor]] of [[Utah]]. He unsuccessfully sought the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nomination for president in 2012,<ref>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2071003,00.html</ref> but withdrew from the race before the South Carolina primaries.<ref>[https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/huntsman-says-hes-quitting-g-o-p-race/]</ref> |
| | The [[libertarian]] [[Cato Institute]] has praised his tax policies but criticized his spending proposals.<ref>http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-624.pdf</ref> Despite being one of the wealthiest in Utah, in 2020 Huntsman was embarrassingly defeated in his own [[Republican]] primary for the office he once held: governor of Utah. | | The [[libertarian]] [[Cato Institute]] has praised his tax policies but criticized his spending proposals.<ref>http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-624.pdf</ref> Despite being one of the wealthiest in Utah, in 2020 Huntsman was embarrassingly defeated in his own [[Republican]] primary for the office he once held: governor of Utah. |