Erywan Yusof

Erywan bin Haji Mohd. Yusof is the incumbent 2nd Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei. He also served as ASEAN's first special envoy to Myanmar from August to December 2021 following the Myanmar coup d'état and the resulting civil war.

Education Dato Erywan graduated from University College Swansea (now Swansea University) in 1991 with a Master of Science degree in Genetics and its Applications.

Political career Erywan was appointed deputy minister of foreign affairs in the 2015 cabinet reshuffle on 22 October, and subsequently appointed deputy chairman of the Brunei Strategy Council in November 2015 and of the Brunei Economic Development Board in 2016.

On 6 October, Dato Erywan expressed serious concerns with the SAC's lack of progress in implementing the 5PC, signaling that ASEAN may not invite the SAC, to the ASEAN Summit later that month. On 4 October 2023, Yusof was denied by the military junta his request to meet with jailed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners, only allowing a meeting with former vice president Henry Van Thio and former assembly speaker T Khun Myat, both of whom were under house arrest at the time. Ten days later, he abruptly cancelled his visit to Myanmar. Min Aung Hlaing was ultimately barred from attending the summit on 26 October. 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. Sokhonn succeeded Yusof as special envoy on 1 January 2022.

Following another cabinet reshuffle in Brunei on 7 June 2022, Erywan retained his position as 2nd minister of foreign affairs.

Personal life Dato Erywan is married to Pengiran Datin Hajah Salwana binti Pengiran Haji Ibrahim.

Honours Throughout his career, he has earned the following honours:

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