Erywan Yusof
Erywan Yusof | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Erywan Yusof in 2018 | |
| 2nd Minister of Foreign Affairs II | |
| Assumed office 2015 | |
| Monarch | Hassanal Bolkiah |
| Preceded by | Lim Jock Seng |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | University College Swansea |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Erywan Yusof (Template:Lang-ms) is the incumbent 2nd Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei and ASEAN's special envoy to Myanmar.[1]
Education
Yusof graduated from University College Swansea (now Swansea University) in 1991 with a Master of Science degree in Genetics and its Applications.[2]
Political career
He was appointed as the deputy minister of MofA in 2015, and subsequently appointed as deputy chairman of the Brunei Strategy Council in November 2015 and of the Brunei Economic Development Board in 2016.[2]
On 4 August 2021, ASEAN foreign ministers selected Yusof as ASEAN's special envoy to Myanmar, to help mediate the country's crisis following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.[1] U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed Yusof’s appointment.[1] 413 civil society organisations in Myanmar publicly criticized ASEAN's appointment of Yusof, for excluding the National Unity Government (NUG), civil society, and pro-democracy forces such as the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), as part of its decision-making process.[3][4]
On 6 October, Yusof expressed concerns with the Burmese military's lack of progress in implementing ASEAN's five-point consensus, signaling ASEAN may not invite Myanmar's junta, the State Administration Council, to an ASEAN Summit later that month.[5] On 14 October, Yusof abruptly cancelled a planned visit to Myanmar after the military junta denied him access to opposition stakeholders like Aung San Suu Kyi, in contravention of the five-point consensus agreed to by parties.[6] Min Aung Hlaing was ultimately barred from attending the summit.[7] Hun Sen signaled he may replace Yusof with Cambodia's incumbent foreign minister Prak Sokhonn, who has criticized the Burmese military regime, when Cambodia chairs ASEAN next year. [8] Prak will succeed Yusof on 1 January 2022.[9]
Awards and honours
Honours
Order of Setia Negara Brunei First Class (PSNB) – Dato Seri Setia[10]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "ASEAN ministers pick Brunei diplomat as envoy to Myanmar". AP NEWS. 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
- ^ a b "Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof - Swansea University". Swansea University. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Reuters (2021-08-06). "Myanmar civil society groups reject regional envoy". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Myanmar CSOs reject appointment of Brunei's Foreign Minister II as ASEAN's Special Envoy to Myanmar". Progressive Voice. 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ^ Bandial, Ain (2021-10-06). "ASEAN discusses excluding Myanmar junta chief from summit -envoy". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
- ^ "Envoy aborts visit to Myanmar, straining ASEAN relations". AP NEWS. 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ "Myanmar upset its military leader barred from regional meet". AP NEWS. 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ Robinson, Gwen (2021-11-01). "Can ASEAN overcome the 'Myanmar curse'?". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Cambodian foreign minister named ASEAN's new special envoy to Myanmar". Thai PBS World. 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "MALAYSIA HOSTS WORKING VISIT OF THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS II BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 20-22 APRIL 2022". kln.gov.my. 21 April 2022.
1 Than Swe is currently recognized as Myanmar's official Foreign Minister by ASEAN, instead of Ko Ko Hlaing (despite the latter currently serving as Myanmar's Minister of International Cooperation). |
